See http://linux.die.net/man/1/objcopy http://linux.die.net/man/1/objcopy -> --only-keep-debug Then you can open the core file as usual: gdb executable core (j

See http://linux.die.net/man/1/objcopy http://linux.die.net/man/1/objcopy -> --only-keep-debug Then you can open the core file as usual: gdb executable core (just be sure to have debug files in the same directory)