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Core files

Description
These are functions pertaining to core files.

bfd_core_file_failing_command

Synopsis 

     const char *bfd_core_file_failing_command (bfd *abfd);
Description
Return a read-only string explaining which program was running when it failed and produced the core file abfd.

bfd_core_file_failing_signal

Synopsis 

     int bfd_core_file_failing_signal (bfd *abfd);
Description
Returns the signal number which caused the core dump which generated the file the BFD abfd is attached to.

core_file_matches_executable_p

Synopsis 

     bfd_boolean core_file_matches_executable_p
        (bfd *core_bfd, bfd *exec_bfd);
Description
Return TRUE if the core file attached to core_bfd was generated by a run of the executable file attached to exec_bfd, FALSE otherwise.