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List the Core Files
Purpose
To list the core files, follow these steps:
Action
- Exit from the CLI environment and create a UNIX-level
shell by entering the start shell command:user@host> start shell
- Type su and the root password when prompted. You are now in
the shell and the prompt is % instead of >, for example:% su Password: ****
- Change the directory to /var/crash and type ls -l, for example:root@host% cd /var/crash root@host% ls -l
- Look for any core files created around the time of the crash.
Sample Output
user@host> start shell
% su Password: **** root@host% cd /var/crash root@host% ls -l total 1577908 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2 Jul 20 01:11 bounds -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2166913 Jul 20 01:11 kernel.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5 Feb 15 2002 minfree -rw------- 1 root wheel 805306368 Jul 20 01:11 vmcore.0
Meaning
The sample output lists the contents of the /var/crash directory and shows the current core files kernel.0 and vm.core.0.
