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cr_uncompress

cr_uncompress(3)					     Library Functions Manual						  cr_uncompress(3)

NAME

       cr_uncompress - uncompress a file in a crash dump

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       The  ensures  that  a file, part of a crash dump described by crash_cb, is uncompressed and matches its expected size and checksum (as com-
       puted by cksum(1)).  This call is most often used to ensure the integrity of  module  files  that  are  a  part	of  the  crash	dump;  see
       cr_info(3).

       pathname  is  the name of the file to uncompress.  Supported compression methods include gzip(1), which appends a to the filename, and com-
       press(1), which appends Respectively, size and checksum are the expected size and checksum of the uncompressed file.  Either validity check
       can be disabled by specifying zero for the corresponding parameter.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns zero for success.  Other possible return values are described in libcrash(5).

EXAMPLE

       The following call to cr_uncompress(3) ensures that the kernel file is uncompressed and validated.

AUTHOR

       was developed by HP.

SEE ALSO

       gunzip(1), uncompress(1), cr_info(3), cr_open(3), libcrash(5).

																  cr_uncompress(3)