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From: Howard Lew <hlew@genome.Stanford.EDU>
To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: undump program
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On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > Hey guys!
> > 
> > Is there an "undump" program to turn a core dump into an executable binary?
> 
> It would be trivial to write.
> 
> Why do you want an executable binary whose first act will be to core
> dump again?  Can't you just copy the core file to the new location?  8-).
> 
> 
> 					Terry Lambert
> 					terry@lambert.org
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.
> 

Actually, I think a better question would be.... Is there an undump 
program to take a core dump and run it?