List the Core Files Generated by the Crash

Action

To list the core files, follow these steps:

1. Exit from the CLI environment and create a UNIX-level shell by entering the start shell command:

user@host> start shell 

2. Type su and the root password when prompted. You are now in the shell and the prompt is % instead of >, for example:

% su

Password: ****

3. Change the directory to /var/crash and type ls -l, for example:

root@host% cd /var/crash

root@host% ls -l

4. 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 456630

-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel    6814720 Dec 18 08:03 core-FPC4.100111808032

-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   65613824 Dec 10 04:58 core-SCB.100111004570

-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   65613824 Dec 19 00:23 core-SCB.100111900221

-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   65545216 Feb  9 20:46 core-SCB.101010920452

What It Means

The sample output shows the current core files for the different components on the router; for example, core-FPC4.100111808032 and core-SCB.100111004570.