[FreeNX-kNX] "core" file in homedir

[Marcin Owsiany]

On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:08:43PM +0200, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I see in the homedir of every user a file called "core". What is this 
> for a file,

It's a memory dump of a program which crashed 

> and why does it come in the homedir and not in ~/.nx or /tmp?

Probably because it crashed when it was running in your home directory.

You can use the "file" command to check what program that was.

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