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Command Reference A-87
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