#AIX #unix #core #corefile #coredump #dbx #debug root:/ >``ls -l core`` -rw-rw-r-- 1 root system 12687 Aug 19 10:31 core root:/ >/usr/lib/ras/``check_core /core |tail -1`` ==> give you the command wich generates the core_dump ``lspath`` root:/ >``type lspath`` ``lspath is /usr/sbin/lspath`` root:/ >``dbx /usr/sbin/lspath /core`` Type 'help' for help. [using memory image in /core] reading symbolic information ...warning: no source compiled with -g Segmentation fault in strlen at 0xd01f0098 0xd01f0098 (strlen 0x98) 852c0004 lwzu r9,0x4(r12) (dbx) where ==> (to display the stack) strlen() at 0xd01f0098 _doprnt(??, ??, ??) at 0xd0209570 fprintf(0xf04590e8, 0x20011838, 0x20000338, 0x6f757320, 0x3a0a0925, 0x730a0000, 0x696f6e73, 0x2063692d) at 0xd0207e28 do_attrs() at 0x10003c4c main(??, ??) at 0x100005b0 (dbx) Hope is useful. Regards. Note : kdb is for operating system image ( system dump like vmcore) or the running kernel not for core_dump. [[Kill command, Understanding the kill Command and Process Signals in Linux]]