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Core files
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   *Description*
These are functions pertaining to core files.

`bfd_core_file_failing_command'
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   *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'
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   *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'
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   *Synopsis*
     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.