Open System Services System Calls Reference Manual (G06.25+, H06.03+)

Files core(4)
NAME
core, saveabend -Isafile containing a memory image
DESCRIPTION
In the OSS implementation, the equivalent of a core
file is a saveabend file. A saveabend file is a
type of process snapshot file and can be used with a system debugger when necessary.
A saveabend file is created whenever a process terminates abnormally and it is possible to create
a saveabend file. The location of a saveabend file is displayed on the home terminal of the ter-
minated process.
A saveabend file is created according to the following naming convention:
ZZSAnnnn
where nnnn is a numeric increment.
The saveabend file contains data-area and file-status information at the time of the failure. Use a
symbolic debugger program to examine the saveabend file. Refer to the appropriate manual for
the symbolic debugger for information on saveabend files and how to examine them.
NOTES
There is no core.h header file.
Saveabend files are sometimes referred to as Guardian save or SAVEABEND files.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: c89(1), gtacl(1), osh(1), run(1), runv(1), sh(1).
Functions: sigaction(2), tdm_execve(2), tdm_execvep(2), tdm_spawn(2), tdm_spawnp(2).
Files: signal(4).
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