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abrt-dump-oops

ABRT-DUMP-OOPS(1)						    ABRT Manual 						 ABRT-DUMP-OOPS(1)

NAME

       abrt-dump-oops - Extract oops from FILE (or standard input)

SYNOPSIS

       abrt-dump-oops [-vusoxtm] [-d DIR]/[-D] [FILE]

DESCRIPTION

       This tool creates problem directory from, updates problem directory with or prints oops extracted from FILE or standard input.

OPTIONS

       -v, --verbose
	   Be more verbose. Can be given multiple times.

       -s
	   Log to syslog

       -o
	   Print found oopses on standard output

       -d DIR
	   Create new problem directory in DIR for every oops found

       -D
	   Same as -d DumpLocation, DumpLocation is specified in abrt.conf

       -u PROBLEM
	   Save the extracted information in PROBLEM directory

       -x
	   Make the problem directory world readable. Usable only with -d/-D

       -t
	   Throttle problem directory creation to 1 per second

       -m
	   Print search string(s) for abrt-watch-log to stdout and exit

SEE ALSO

       abrt-watch-log(1), abrt.conf(5)

AUTHORS

       o   ABRT team

abrt 2.1.11							    06/18/2014							 ABRT-DUMP-OOPS(1)

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