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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2003-03-24 15:58:53 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2003-03-24 15:58:53 +0000
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The .Fn function
The .Fa argument
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libkvm/kvm_open.3 b/lib/libkvm/kvm_open.3
index 86a4cae..0d2706e 100644
--- a/lib/libkvm/kvm_open.3
+++ b/lib/libkvm/kvm_open.3
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ via the
library routines. Both active kernels and crash dumps are accessible
through this interface.
.Pp
+The
.Fa execfile
-is the executable image of the kernel being examined.
+argument is the executable image of the kernel being examined.
This file must contain a symbol table.
If this argument is
.Dv NULL ,
@@ -75,8 +76,9 @@ the currently running system is assumed,
as determined from
.Xr getbootfile 3 .
.Pp
+The
.Fa corefile
-is the kernel memory device file. It can be either /dev/mem
+argument is the kernel memory device file. It can be either /dev/mem
or a crash dump core generated by
.Xr savecore 8 .
If
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