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dumps stored. Once the limit is reached it restarts from 0. Reviewed by: avg Obtained from: WHEEL Systems
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.\" From: @(#)savecore.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd December 17, 2012
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.Dt SAVECORE 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm savecore
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.Nd "save a core dump of the operating system"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Fl c
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.Op Fl v
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.Op Ar device ...
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.Nm
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.Fl C
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.Op Fl v
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.Op Ar device ...
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.Nm
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.Op Fl fkvz
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.Op Fl m Ar maxdumps
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.Op Ar directory Op Ar device ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility
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copies a core dump into
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.Ar directory ,
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or the current working directory if no
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.Ar directory
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argument is given,
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and enters a reboot message and information about the core dump into
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the system log.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fl m Ar maxdumps"
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.It Fl C
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Check to see if a dump exists,
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and display a brief message to indicate the status.
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An exit status of 0 indicates that a dump is there,
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1 indicates that none exists.
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This option is compatible only with the
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.Op Fl v
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option.
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.It Fl c
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Clear the dump, so that future invocations of
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.Nm
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will ignore it.
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.It Fl f
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Force a dump to be taken even if either the dump was cleared or if the
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dump header information is inconsistent.
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.It Fl k
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Do not clear the dump after saving it.
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.It Fl m Ar maxdumps
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Maximum number of dumps to store.
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Once the number of stored dumps is equal to
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.Ar maxdumps
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the counter will restart from
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.Dv 0 .
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.It Fl v
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Print out some additional debugging information.
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Specify twice for more information.
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.It Fl z
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Compress the core dump and kernel (see
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.Xr gzip 1 ) .
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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utility
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looks for dumps on each device specified by the
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.Ar device
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argument(s), or on each device in
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.Pa /etc/fstab
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marked as
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.Dq dump
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or
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.Dq swap .
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The
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.Nm
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utility
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checks the core dump in various ways to make sure that it is complete.
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If it passes these checks, it saves the core image in
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.Ar directory Ns Pa /vmcore.#
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and information about the core in
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.Ar directory Ns Pa /info.# .
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For kernel textdumps generated with the
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.Xr textdump 4
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facility, output will be stored in the
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.Xr tar 5
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format and named
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.Ar directory Ns Pa /textdump.tar.# .
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The
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.Dq #
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is the number from the first line of the file
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.Ar directory Ns Pa /bounds ,
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and it is incremented and stored back into the file each time
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.Nm
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successfully runs.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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utility
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also checks the available disk space before attempting to make the copies.
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If there is insufficient disk space in the file system containing
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.Ar directory ,
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or if the file
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.Ar directory Ns Pa /minfree
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exists and the number of free kilobytes (for non-superusers) in the
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file system after the copies were made would be less than the number
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in the first line of this file, the copies are not attempted.
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.Pp
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If
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.Nm
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successfully copies the kernel and the core dump, the core dump is cleared
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so that future invocations of
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.Nm
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will ignore it.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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utility
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is meant to be called near the end of the initialization file
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.Pa /etc/rc
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(see
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.Xr rc 8 ) .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr gzip 1 ,
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.Xr getbootfile 3 ,
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.Xr textdump 4 ,
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.Xr tar 5 ,
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.Xr dumpon 8 ,
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.Xr syslogd 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility appeared in
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.Bx 4.1 .
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.Pp
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Support for kernel textdumps appeared in
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.Fx 7.1 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The minfree code does not consider the effect of compression or sparse files.
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