Core File Debugging with dbx

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Invoking dbx Debugging Mismatched Core Files

You can debug a core file by specifying the core file name as an argument to the dbx Command or the debug Command.

If you specify a core file when you invoke dbx, dbx attempts to extract the program name from the core file if it is not present on the command line. dbx may not find the executable if its full path name is not available in the core file.

If you have problems loading a core file, the core file may have been written from a different version of the Solaris operating environment than the one from which you are running dbx. As a workaround please run dbx on a system with the same operating environment and patch level as the system where the core file was created, or see Debugging Mismatched Core Files.