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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/gcore.in | 14 |
4 files changed, 32 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 8a63224..bee8bff 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2018-07-27 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com> + + * gcore.in: Rename variable "name" to "prefix". Expand + "usage" text. + 2018-07-14 Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> * windows-nat.c (windows_nat_target::create_inferior): Update to diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 1bcf9df..90784b5 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2018-07-27 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (gcore man): Rewrite "Description" and "-o" + option sections to further clarify that gcore can take more + than one PID, and that "-o" is used to specify a prefix, not a + filename. + 2018-07-26 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com> * gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Add description of diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index b95c2b4..71aef22 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -43765,16 +43765,17 @@ Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991. @format @c man begin SYNOPSIS gcore -gcore [-a] [-o @var{filename}] @var{pid} +gcore [-a] [-o @var{prefix}] @var{pid1} [@var{pid2}...@var{pidN}] @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. +Generate core dumps of one or more running programs with process IDs +@var{pid1}, @var{pid2}, etc. A core file produced by @command{gcore} +is equivalent to one produced by the kernel when the process crashes +(and when @kbd{ulimit -c} was used to set up an appropriate core dump +limit). However, unlike after a crash, after @command{gcore} finishes +its job the program remains running without any change. @c man end @c man begin OPTIONS gcore @@ -43786,11 +43787,12 @@ the Operating System. On @sc{gnu}/Linux, it will disable enable @code{dump-excluded-mappings} (@pxref{set dump-excluded-mappings}). -@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. +@item -o @var{prefix} +The optional argument @var{prefix} specifies the prefix to be used +when composing the file names of the core dumps. The file name is +composed as @file{@var{prefix}.@var{pid}}, where @var{pid} is the +process ID of the running program being analyzed by @command{gcore}. +If not specified, @var{prefix} defaults to @var{gcore}. @end table @c man end diff --git a/gdb/gcore.in b/gdb/gcore.in index 233c00d..6fb307a 100644 --- a/gdb/gcore.in +++ b/gdb/gcore.in @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ # # Need to check for -o option, but set default basename to "core". -name=core +prefix=core # When the -a option is present, this may hold additional commands # to ensure gdb dumps all mappings (OS dependent). @@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ while getopts :ao: opt; do esac ;; o) - name=$OPTARG + prefix=$OPTARG ;; *) - echo "usage: @GCORE_TRANSFORM_NAME@ [-a] [-o filename] pid" + echo "usage: @GCORE_TRANSFORM_NAME@ [-a] [-o prefix] pid1 [pid2...pidN]" exit 2 ;; esac @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ shift $((OPTIND-1)) if [ "$#" -eq "0" ] then - echo "usage: @GCORE_TRANSFORM_NAME@ [-a] [-o filename] pid" + echo "usage: @GCORE_TRANSFORM_NAME@ [-a] [-o prefix] pid1 [pid2...pidN]" exit 2 fi @@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ do "$binary_path/@GDB_TRANSFORM_NAME@" </dev/null --nx --batch \ -ex "set pagination off" -ex "set height 0" -ex "set width 0" \ "${dump_all_cmds[@]}" \ - -ex "attach $pid" -ex "gcore $name.$pid" -ex detach -ex quit + -ex "attach $pid" -ex "gcore $prefix.$pid" -ex detach -ex quit - if [ -r "$name.$pid" ] ; then + if [ -r "$prefix.$pid" ] ; then rc=0 else - echo "@GCORE_TRANSFORM_NAME@: failed to create $name.$pid" + echo "@GCORE_TRANSFORM_NAME@: failed to create $prefix.$pid" rc=1 break fi |