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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: What to do with core dumps?
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Date: 28 Jun 89 18:41:01 GMT
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>How to do it? Well, in V7 it was easy... a.out and core formats were almost
>identical.

Nonsense.  In V7 as distributed by AT&T, core files consisted of the U
area of the process, followed by the data and stack segments; it did not
include an a.out header, nor did it include the text of the program,
unless the program was not built with shared text or split I&D space
(i.e.  the program was built without any text).