#what is the main function of the core file?
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#"core file size (blocks) 1000000"
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#what does it do for the system? Is it like the swap file of the system?
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The core file is a snapshot/dump of the application's allocated memory
space (stack, data, etc). It's very, very useful when debugging an
application -- the core file is loaded in a debugger (e.g. gdb), and can
be cross-referenced with the source code of the same version. This
rebuilds the application's state just before the OS terminated it. After
that, debug, debug..
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