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author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2012-10-19 12:29:46 +0200 |
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committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2012-10-19 15:15:38 +0000 |
commit | 5de0409e54580b1e8929d9e09f970dfe339cec7b (patch) | |
tree | 9851afed3add06964af37cb2f4c7a23fa1025bc3 /man | |
parent | accfdb7abfe0dad7c8e7e5364d93ad962895acfc (diff) |
journal: add tool to extract coredumps
'systemd-coredumpctl' will list available coredumps:
PID UID GID sig exe
32452 500 500 11 /home/zbyszek/systemd/build/journalctl
32666 500 500 11 /usr/lib64/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux
...
'systemd-coredumpctl dump PID' will write the coredump
to specified file or stdout.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r-- | man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml | 186 |
1 files changed, 186 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml b/man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..378d40fa13 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml @@ -0,0 +1,186 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> + +<!-- + This file is part of systemd. + + Copyright 2012 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek + + systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + Lesser General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License + along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +--> + +<refentry id="systemd-coredumpctl"> + + <refentryinfo> + <title>systemd-coredumpctl</title> + <productname>systemd</productname> + + <authorgroup> + <author> + <contrib>Developer</contrib> + <firstname>Zbigniew</firstname> + <surname>Jędrzejewski-Szmek</surname> + <email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email> + </author> + </authorgroup> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>systemd-coredumpctl</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>systemd-coredumpctl</refname> + <refpurpose>Retrieve coredumps from the journal</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>systemd-coredumpctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">PID|COMM|EXE|MATCH</arg></command> + </cmdsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para><command>systemd-coredumpctl</command> may be used to + retrieve coredumps from + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Options</title> + + <para>The following options are understood:</para> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--help</option></term> + <term><option>-h</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Print a short help + text and exit.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--version</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Print a short version + string and exit.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--output=FILE</option></term> + <term><option>-o FILE</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Write the core to + <option>FILE</option>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--no-pager</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Do not pipe output of + <command>list</command> into a + pager.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + <para>The following commands are understood:</para> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><command>list</command></term> + + <listitem><para>List coredumps captured in the journal + matching specified characteristics.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>dump</command></term> + + <listitem><para>Extract the last coredump + matching specified characteristics. + Coredump will be written on stdout, unless + an output file is specified with + <option>-o/--output</option>. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Matching</title> + + <para>Match can be:</para> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>PID</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Process ID of the + process that dumped + core. An integer.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>COMM</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Name of the executable + (matches <option>COREDUMP_COMM=</option>). + Must not contain slashes. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>EXE</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Path to the executable + (matches <option>COREDUMP_EXE=</option>). + Must contain at least one slash. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>MATCH</option></term> + + <listitem><para>General journalctl predicates + (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>). + Must contain an equals sign. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Exit status</title> + <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure + code otherwise. Not finding any mathing coredumps is treated + as failure. + </para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |