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
NetBSD1.2,
and reappeared in
NetBSD2.0.
BUGS
The process is not stopped while the core file is generated, so it might
not be consistent.