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NAME
savecore - save a core dump
SYNOPSIS
savecore
DESCRIPTION
savecore is meant to be called near the end of the initialization file /etc/rc. Its
function is to save the core dump of the system (assuming one was made) and to
write the panic string to /etc/messages. savecore saves the core dump in two
files /etc/crash/core.
n
, and /etc/crash/core.
n
-small, where
n
is determined by
the /etc/crash/bounds file.
The -small core file contains a subset of the memory image that Dell can use for
initial troubleshooting. Dell will only need to look at the large core file if the prob-
lem cannot be determined by examining the small one.
Before savecore writes out a core image, it reads a number from the file /etc/
crash/minfree. If the number of free kilobytes in the filesystem after saving the
core would be less than the number obtained from minfree, the core dump is
not saved. If minfree does not exist, savecore always writes out the core file
(assuming that a core dump was taken).
FILES
/etc/crash/core.* saved core files
/etc/crash/core.*-small
saved small core files
/etc/crash/bounds suffix for next core file
/etc/crash/minfree free KB in FS to maintain after savecore
SEE ALSO
rc
savecore