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
4.2BSD, disappeared
in
NetBSD 1.2, and reappeared in
NetBSD 2.0.