| .TH CORE 1 | |
| .SH NAME | |
| core \- print information about dead processes | |
| .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| .B core | |
| [ | |
| .I dir | |
| | | |
| .I corefile | |
| ]... | |
| .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| .I Core | |
| prints information about dead processes that have | |
| been saved as core dumps. | |
| .PP | |
| Core reads its arguments in order. | |
| If a directory is encountered, | |
| .I core | |
| reads every core file named | |
| .B core.* | |
| or | |
| .B *.core | |
| in that directory. | |
| .PP | |
| For each core file read, | |
| .I core | |
| prints the date and time the core was generated, | |
| the command that generated it, and a short stack trace | |
| at the time of the core dump. | |
| .PP | |
| If no arguments are given, | |
| .I core | |
| searches the directory | |
| .B $COREDIR | |
| for core files; | |
| if | |
| .B $COREDIR | |
| is not set, | |
| .I core | |
| searches the current directory. | |
| .SH SOURCE | |
| .B \*9/src/cmd/core.c | |
| .SH "SEE ALSO | |
| .IR acid (1), | |
| .IR db (1), | |
| .IR core (5) |