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How To Remove Core File in HP Unix

Core files are created when a process terminates abnormally and can be large, potentially filling the file system. This document shows how to list all core files on a system using 'find' and 'll' and then remove them all using 'find' and 'rm'.

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How To Remove Core File in HP Unix

Core files are created when a process terminates abnormally and can be large, potentially filling the file system. This document shows how to list all core files on a system using 'find' and 'll' and then remove them all using 'find' and 'rm'.

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How to remove core files

A "core" file is created when a process terminates abnormally. Programmers may use these files to understand what went wrong and what the process was doing at the time of termination. Core files are usually quite large and are the main cause of a 'file system full' error. Following is showed how to list and delete all core files from your system. Produce a list of all core files find / -name core -exec ll {} \; Remove all core files find / -name core -exec rm {} \;

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