Why jmap doesn't work on core dumps generated by SIGABRT?
Issue
The jmap tool can extract heap dumps from JVM core dumps, but when generated using SIGABRT signal fails.
Using gcore command to generate a core dump it is possible to extract a Heap Dump.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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