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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Fri, 11 Jun 1999 11:17:02 -0400
To:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna AT vinschen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: No more .core files
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In-Reply-To:	<3760C1E0.459A3D41@vinschen.de>; from Corinna Vinschen on Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 09:59:28AM +0200

On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 09:59:28AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>Chris Faylor wrote:
>> 
>> I just changed the name of the files produced by cygwin from
>> something.core to something.stackdump.  Hopefully this will help
>> minimize some confusion and pave the way for true core files in the
>> future -- once I finally get the assignment form from Egor.
>
>The something.stackdump files will die then? Good news.

Only if someone has selected that they want to have core files.

I think that the stackdump files are marginally useful.  They allow
me to say "It's not cygwin's fault." pretty quickly by inspecting the
address where a fault occurred.

cgf

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