List the Daemon Core Files

Action

To list the daemon 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/tmp and type ls -l, for example:

root@host% cd /var/tmp

root@host% ls -l

4. Look for any daemon core files created around the time of the crash.

Sample Output

user@host> start shell

% su

Password: ****

root@host% cd /var/tmp

root@host% ls -l

total 1292618

-rw-rw----  1 root  field  119713792 Nov 17 21:58 rpd.core.0

-rw-rw----  1 root  field  120782848 Nov 17 22:12 rpd.core.1

What It Means

The sample output lists the contents of the /var/tmp directory and shows the current core file (rpd.core.1) and one previous core file (rpd.core.0) for the routing protocol daemon (rpd). For each daemon, you can have a total of five core files in the /var/tmp directory: the current core file and the four previous core files numbered 0 through 4 (from oldest to newest).