netbsd man page for gcore

GCORE(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  GCORE(1)

NAME
     gcore -- get core images of running process

SYNOPSIS
     gcore [-c corename] pid [pid ...]

DESCRIPTION
     gcore creates a core image of the specified processes suitable for use with gdb(1).  By default, the core is written to the file
     ``<progname>.core'', where ``<progname>'' is the program name of the process corresponding to the pid that is given on the command line.
     This filename can be changed by supplying the -c corename argument, or setting ``proc.<pid>.corename'' with sysctl(8).

FILES
     <progname>.core	The core image.

SEE ALSO
     gdb(1), sysctl(8)

HISTORY
     gcore appeared in BSD 4.2, disappeared in NetBSD 1.2, and reappeared in NetBSD 2.0.

BUGS
     The process is not stopped while the core file is generated, so it might not be consistent.

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								  January 9, 2005							       BSD