"Nachiket" wrote:

Does anybody know about kcore file found in proc?

Yes, /usr/src/linux/Documentation/proc.txt or `man 5 proc` knows ;-)

Is that file produces from some core dump?

No, the pseudo-file /proc/kcore represents your system's physical memory, but it has the same format as a core dump. Eilert -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eilert Brinkmann -- Universitaet Bremen -- FB 3, Informatik eilert@informatik.uni-bremen.de - eilert@tzi.org http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~eilert/