Compress the Core Files

Purpose

gzip is a compression utility used to compress the core files. Files created using the gzip command end with the file extension .gz. Compress the core files if they are larger than 50 MB.

Action

To compress the core files with gzip, use the following command from the shell:

root@host% gzip filename

Sample Output

root@host% gzip core-SCB.101010920452

What It Means

The contents of the core file are compressed into a single compressed file named core-SCB.10101092045.gz. The gzip command preserves the mode, ownership, and timestamps of files when compressing or decompressing them.