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Disk Space Occupied by Core.* Files in Gen 7 Agent Servers

Question​

The /opt/nnt/gen7agentcore/bin/ directory (see Linux Agent Installation) in Gen 7 Agent servers (Linux) contains multiple core.* files.

  1. What are these files?
  2. Is it safe to delete these files?

Answer​

  1. The core.* files located in the /opt/nnt/gen7agentcore/bin/ directory are core dumps. A process crash or fatal error generates these core dumps — they contain a snapshot of the process memory at the time of the crash or error.
  2. These core files can be safely deleted to free up disk space.