OG> This is the dump file. Don't remove it. That's where the missing 3Mb OG> went (and pdump is a lot more aggressive about dumping only what's OG> needed, that's why it boils down to 2.6Mb). OG> Someday, somehow, it will come back inside the executable, but not in OG> this release's timeframe. I believe this is also the reason why pdump should _not_ be the default dumper when 21.2 is released. The unexec dumper, _if_ it works, is currently a better solution for users. And I'm saying this as a pdump co-maintainer. Of course, for platforms where pdump is broken or non-ported, pdump should happen automatically (it doesn't currently). Are there such platforms? Sure. Irix with CC='gcc -mabi=64', for example. Most of these platforms are not important for users, only for masochistic maintainers. Martin