is it possible to find which process dumped core

[Steve Holden]

su wrote:
> to find which process dumped core at the promt we give
> 
> $ file core.28424
> 
> core.28424: ELF 32-bit LSB core file of 'soffice.bin' (signal 11),
> Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), from 'soffice.bin'
> 
> from this command we know 'soffice.bin' process dumped core. Now can i
> do the same using python i.e. finding which process dumped core?  if so
> how can i do it?
> 
Unfortunately, without some debugging, all you are likely to find is 
that /usr/bin/python (or some other interpreter executable) dumped core.

You'd have to poke around inside the core image to find out which file 
was being executed when the interpreter failed.

regards
  Steve
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