Core Dump Files

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#1

Hi

Recently I see core dump files being formed in the root directory once in a while. Never had this problem before, these files are 17-18 MBs and I cant seem to open/read them



Has anyone come across this before? How can I read them? Need to see what resulted in getting a dump file



Appreciate your thoughts

#2

Core Dumps are part of the unix framework. Basically something either crashed the server or otherwise causing significant issues with the server. Core dumps are essentially everything that was occuring at the crash and are used for diagnosis of the original issue.



You host can stop core dumps from running, just request that they remove coredumps from your root directory.



[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_dump[/url]

#3

[quote name=‘JesseLeeStringer’]Core Dumps are part of the unix framework. Basically something either crashed the server or otherwise causing significant issues with the server. Core dumps are essentially everything that was occuring at the crash and are used for diagnosis of the original issue.



You host can stop core dumps from running, just request that they remove coredumps from your root directory.



[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_dump[/url][/QUOTE]



Hi

Thanks, I read this at wiki earlier. I need to know how to read these so that I can diagnose what is causing the crash. I only have Windows OS and I can’t seem to get any answers on how to read and analyze these files

#4

Start by doing:

ident core


This will give you the ident info for all modules that make up the file. You should be able to figure out from that what the program was that dumped core. However, being in the root of your store my be is that it's PHP. If so, this is a major problem with your hosting evnironment and you should talk to your hosting provider.