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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 15a8894..97d88ec 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -41652,6 +41652,7 @@ switch (die->tag) @menu * gdb man:: The GNU Debugger man page * gdbserver man:: Remote Server for the GNU Debugger man page +* gcore man:: Generate a core file of a running program * gdbinit man:: gdbinit scripts @end menu @@ -42177,6 +42178,53 @@ Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991. @end ifset @c man end +@node gcore man +@heading gcore + +@c man title gcore Generate a core file of a running program + +@format +@c man begin SYNOPSIS gcore +gcore [-o @var{filename}] @var{pid} +@c man end +@end format + +@c man begin DESCRIPTION gcore +Generate a core dump of a running program with process ID @var{pid}. +Produced file is equivalent to a kernel produced core file as if the process +crashed (and if @kbd{ulimit -c} were used to set up an appropriate core dump +limit). Unlike after a crash, after @command{gcore} the program remains +running without any change. +@c man end + +@c man begin OPTIONS gcore +@table @env +@item -o @var{filename} +The optional argument +@var{filename} specifies the file name where to put the core dump. +If not specified, the file name defaults to @file{core.@var{pid}}, +where @var{pid} is the running program process ID. +@end table +@c man end + +@c man begin SEEALSO gcore +@ifset man +The full documentation for @value{GDBN} is maintained as a Texinfo manual. +If the @code{info} and @code{gdb} programs and @value{GDBN}'s Texinfo +documentation are properly installed at your site, the command + +@smallexample +info gdb +@end smallexample + +@noindent +should give you access to the complete manual. + +@cite{Using GDB: A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger}, +Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991. +@end ifset +@c man end + @node gdbinit man @heading gdbinit |