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+/* Core file generic interface routines for BFD.
+ Copyright (C) 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Written by Cygnus Support.
+
+This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+/*
+SECTION
+ Core files
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ These are functions pertaining to core files.
+*/
+
+#include "bfd.h"
+#include "sysdep.h"
+#include "libbfd.h"
+
+
+/*
+FUNCTION
+ bfd_core_file_failing_command
+
+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 @var{abfd}.
+
+*/
+
+CONST char *
+bfd_core_file_failing_command (abfd)
+ bfd *abfd;
+{
+ if (abfd->format != bfd_core) {
+ bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ return BFD_SEND (abfd, _core_file_failing_command, (abfd));
+}
+
+/*
+FUNCTION
+ bfd_core_file_failing_signal
+
+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 @var{abfd} is attached to.
+*/
+
+int
+bfd_core_file_failing_signal (abfd)
+ bfd *abfd;
+{
+ if (abfd->format != bfd_core) {
+ bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return BFD_SEND (abfd, _core_file_failing_signal, (abfd));
+}
+
+
+/*
+FUNCTION
+ core_file_matches_executable_p
+
+SYNOPSIS
+ boolean core_file_matches_executable_p
+ (bfd *core_bfd, bfd *exec_bfd);
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ Return <<true>> if the core file attached to @var{core_bfd}
+ was generated by a run of the executable file attached to
+ @var{exec_bfd}, <<false>> otherwise.
+*/
+boolean
+core_file_matches_executable_p (core_bfd, exec_bfd)
+ bfd *core_bfd, *exec_bfd;
+{
+ if ((core_bfd->format != bfd_core) || (exec_bfd->format != bfd_object)) {
+ bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return BFD_SEND (core_bfd, _core_file_matches_executable_p,
+ (core_bfd, exec_bfd));
+}