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| .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT | .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT | ||||
| .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | ||||
| .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | ||||
| .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | ||||
| .\" | .\" | ||||
| .\" From: @(#)savecore.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 | .\" From: @(#)savecore.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 | ||||
| .\" $FreeBSD$ | .\" $FreeBSD$ | ||||
| .\" | .\" | ||||
| .Dd December 1, 2015 | .Dd December 1, 2015 | ||||
delphij: Should be bumped when committed. | |||||
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| .Dt SAVECORE 8 | .Dt SAVECORE 8 | ||||
| .Os | .Os | ||||
| .Sh NAME | .Sh NAME | ||||
| .Nm savecore | .Nm savecore | ||||
| .Nd "save a core dump of the operating system" | .Nd "save a core dump of the operating system" | ||||
| .Sh SYNOPSIS | .Sh SYNOPSIS | ||||
| .Nm | .Nm | ||||
| .Fl c | .Fl c | ||||
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| The | The | ||||
| .Nm | .Nm | ||||
| utility | utility | ||||
| checks the core dump in various ways to make sure that it is complete. | checks the core dump in various ways to make sure that it is complete. | ||||
| If it passes these checks, it saves the core image in | If it passes these checks, it saves the core image in | ||||
| .Ar directory Ns Pa /vmcore.# | .Ar directory Ns Pa /vmcore.# | ||||
| and information about the core in | and information about the core in | ||||
| .Ar directory Ns Pa /info.# . | .Ar directory Ns Pa /info.# . | ||||
| If the core is encrypted, it saves the dump key in | |||||
| .Ar directory Ns Pa /key.# . | |||||
| The core can be later decrypted using | |||||
| .Xr decryptcore 8 . | |||||
| For kernel textdumps generated with the | For kernel textdumps generated with the | ||||
| .Xr textdump 4 | .Xr textdump 4 | ||||
| facility, output will be stored in the | facility, output will be stored in the | ||||
| .Xr tar 5 | .Xr tar 5 | ||||
| format and named | format and named | ||||
| .Ar directory Ns Pa /textdump.tar.# . | .Ar directory Ns Pa /textdump.tar.# . | ||||
| The | The | ||||
| .Dq # | .Dq # | ||||
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| .Xr rc 8 ) . | .Xr rc 8 ) . | ||||
| .Sh SEE ALSO | .Sh SEE ALSO | ||||
| .Xr gzip 1 , | .Xr gzip 1 , | ||||
| .Xr getbootfile 3 , | .Xr getbootfile 3 , | ||||
| .Xr libxo 3 , | .Xr libxo 3 , | ||||
| .Xr xo_parse_args 3 , | .Xr xo_parse_args 3 , | ||||
| .Xr textdump 4 , | .Xr textdump 4 , | ||||
| .Xr tar 5 , | .Xr tar 5 , | ||||
| .Xr decryptcore 8 , | |||||
| .Xr dumpon 8 , | .Xr dumpon 8 , | ||||
| .Xr syslogd 8 | .Xr syslogd 8 | ||||
| .Sh HISTORY | .Sh HISTORY | ||||
| The | The | ||||
| .Nm | .Nm | ||||
| utility appeared in | utility appeared in | ||||
| .Bx 4.1 . | .Bx 4.1 . | ||||
| .Pp | .Pp | ||||
| Support for kernel textdumps appeared in | Support for kernel textdumps appeared in | ||||
| .Fx 7.1 . | .Fx 7.1 . | ||||
| .Sh BUGS | .Sh BUGS | ||||
| The minfree code does not consider the effect of compression or sparse files. | The minfree code does not consider the effect of compression or sparse files. | ||||
Should be bumped when committed.