hpux man page for cr_uncompress

Query: cr_uncompress

OS: hpux

Section: 3

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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)
Related Man Pages
crashutil(1m) - hpux
cr_read(3) - hpux
cr_verify(3) - hpux
crash(8) - netbsd
libcrash(5) - hpux
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