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> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:09:10 -0600
> From: JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
> 
> Is a core file useful without the executable of the program that is
> crashing?

No, not really.  All the debugging symbols are in the executable, not
in the core file.  So without the executable you cannot see anything
but numeric values of EIPs.

When you debug a program post-mortem given the core file, you invoke
the debugger like this:

	     gdb program core