List the Core Files

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 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

What It Means

The sample output lists the contents of the /var/crash directory and shows the current core files kernel.0 and vm.core.0.