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35.Dd April 18, 1994
35.Dd November 18, 2009
36.Dt GCORE 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm gcore
40.Nd get core images of running process
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl s

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50utility creates a core image of the specified process,
51suitable for use with
52.Xr gdb 1 .
53By default, the core is written to the file
54.Dq Pa core.<pid> .
55The process identifier,
56.Ar pid ,
57must be given on the command line.
36.Dt GCORE 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm gcore
40.Nd get core images of running process
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl s

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50utility creates a core image of the specified process,
51suitable for use with
52.Xr gdb 1 .
53By default, the core is written to the file
54.Dq Pa core.<pid> .
55The process identifier,
56.Ar pid ,
57must be given on the command line.
58If no executable image is
59specified,
60.Nm
61will use
62.Dq Pa /proc/<pid>/file .
63.Pp
64The following options are available:
65.Bl -tag -width indent
66.It Fl c
67Write the core file to the specified file instead of
68.Dq Pa core.<pid> .
69.It Fl s
70Stop the process while gathering the core image, and resume it

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75already stopped.
76The same effect can be achieved manually with
77.Xr kill 1 .
78.El
79.Sh FILES
80.Bl -tag -width /var/log/messages -compact
81.It Pa core.<pid>
82the core image
58.Pp
59The following options are available:
60.Bl -tag -width indent
61.It Fl c
62Write the core file to the specified file instead of
63.Dq Pa core.<pid> .
64.It Fl s
65Stop the process while gathering the core image, and resume it

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70already stopped.
71The same effect can be achieved manually with
72.Xr kill 1 .
73.El
74.Sh FILES
75.Bl -tag -width /var/log/messages -compact
76.It Pa core.<pid>
77the core image
83.It Pa /proc/<pid>/file
84the executable image
85.El
86.Sh HISTORY
87A
88.Nm
89utility appeared in
90.Bx 4.2 .
91.Sh BUGS
78.El
79.Sh HISTORY
80A
81.Nm
82utility appeared in
83.Bx 4.2 .
84.Sh BUGS
92Context switches or paging activity that occur while
85Because of the
86.Xr ptrace 2
87usage
93.Nm
88.Nm
94is running may cause the program to become confused.
95For best results, use
96.Fl s
97to temporarily stop the target process.
89may not work with processes which are actively investigated with
90.Xr truss 1
91or
92.Xr gdb 1 .
93Additionally, interruptable sleeps may exit with EINTR.
98.Pp
99The
100.Nm
101utility is not compatible with the original
102.Bx 4.2
103version.
94.Pp
95The
96.Nm
97utility is not compatible with the original
98.Bx 4.2
99version.