[vox-tech] core files

[Peter Jay Salzman]

I've noticed some core files have a number appended to them, like:

   core.2342

The number is most likely a pid, but I'm curious how the core file got
named this way.  Is there a libc function that sets the name of a
possible future core file?

Do core files automatically get a pid appended to their name when a
program forks?

Pete

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