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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man8/savecore.8 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man8/savecore.8 b/static/openbsd/man8/savecore.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..69ca90e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man8/savecore.8 @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: savecore.8,v 1.18 2013/08/14 06:32:35 jmc Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: savecore.8,v 1.11 1995/06/27 22:40:46 briggs Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)savecore.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 14 2013 $ +.Dt SAVECORE 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm savecore +.Nd save a core dump of the operating system +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm savecore +.Op Fl cfvz +.Op Fl N Ar system +.Ar directory +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +copies the currently running kernel and its associated core dump into +.Fa directory , +and enters a reboot message and information about the core dump into +the system log. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl c +Clears the dump, so that future invocations of +.Nm +will ignore it. +.It Fl f +Forces a dump to be taken even if the dump doesn't appear correct or there +is insufficient disk space. +.It Fl N Ar system +Use +.Ar system +as the kernel instead of the default +.Pa /bsd . +.It Fl v +Prints out some additional debugging information. +.It Fl z +Compresses the core dump and kernel (see +.Xr compress 1 ) . +.El +.Pp +.Nm +checks the core dump in various ways to make sure that it is current and +that it corresponds to the currently running system. +If it passes these checks, it saves the core image in +.Ar directory Ns Pa /bsd.#.core +and the system in +.Ar directory Ns Pa /bsd.# +(or in +.Ar directory Ns Pa /bsd.#.core.Z +and +.Ar directory Ns Pa /bsd.#.Z , +respectively, if the +.Fl z +option is used). +The +.Dq # +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 +.Nm +successfully runs. +.Pp +.Nm +also checks the available disk space before attempting to make the copies. +If there is insufficient disk space in the filesystem containing +.Ar directory , +or if the file +.Ar directory Ns Pa /minfree +exists and the number of free kilobytes (for non-superusers) in the +filesystem after the copies were made would be less than the number +in the first line of this file, the copies are not attempted. +.Pp +If +.Nm +successfully copies the kernel and the core dump, the core dump is cleared +so that future invocations of +.Nm +will ignore it. +.Pp +.Nm +is meant to be called near the end of the initialization file +.Pa /etc/rc +(see +.Xr rc 8 ) . +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /bsdxx -compact +.It Pa /bsd +current kernel +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr compress 1 , +.Xr crash 8 , +.Xr syslogd 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.1 . +.Sh BUGS +The minfree code does not consider the effect of compression. |
