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author | Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-12-26 11:42:10 +0000 |
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committer | Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-12-26 11:42:10 +0000 |
commit | 10187cae6e9c319d7709e520a30122dbc711f0dc (patch) | |
tree | 0939a3900394ff7dd6b0ed6a4a1e300516ce2439 /sbin/savecore/savecore.8 | |
parent | 0ff94fb6595e234dd7c357024607fce738ef7278 (diff) | |
download | src-10187cae6e9c319d7709e520a30122dbc711f0dc.tar.gz src-10187cae6e9c319d7709e520a30122dbc711f0dc.zip |
Teach savecore(8) how to extract textdump(4) dumps.
Update savecore(8) man page to reflect textdump additions.
MFC after: 3 months
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svn path=/head/; revision=174923
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diff --git a/sbin/savecore/savecore.8 b/sbin/savecore/savecore.8 index 447e008d67dc..487506d655f6 100644 --- a/sbin/savecore/savecore.8 +++ b/sbin/savecore/savecore.8 @@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ If it passes these checks, it saves the core image in .Ar directory Ns Pa /vmcore.# and information about the core in .Ar directory Ns Pa /info.# +For kernel textdumps generated with the +.Xr textdump 4 +facility, output will be stored in the +.Xr tar 5 +format and named +.Ar director Ns Pa /textdump.tar.# The ``#'' is the number from the first line of the file .Ar directory Ns Pa /bounds , and it is incremented and stored back into the file each time @@ -137,6 +143,8 @@ is meant to be called near the end of the initialization file .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr gzip 1 , .Xr getbootfile 3 , +.Xr textdump 4 , +.Xr tar 4 , .Xr dumpon 8 , .Xr syslogd 8 .Sh HISTORY @@ -144,5 +152,8 @@ The .Nm utility appeared in .Bx 4.1 . +.Pp +Support for kernel textdumps appeared in +.Fx 8.0 . .Sh BUGS The minfree code does not consider the effect of compression or sparse files. |