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From: ked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth)
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Subject: Re: What to do with core dumps?
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Date: 18 Jun 89 16:13:52 GMT
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>> what can you do with a core dump?  

If the dump is from a stripped executable not very much.  If the
executable was not stripped, you can use adb (RTFM) and determine
where (to the routine level) the programme tossed its cookies.
With luck you might even see the bad parameter by using the stack
backtrace command.