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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:34:18 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:34:18 +0000
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The .Nm utility
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.Op Fl v
.Ar off
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Dumpon
-is used to specify a device where the kernel can save a crash dump in
+The
+.Nm
+utility is used to specify a device where the kernel can save a crash dump in
the case of a panic.
.Pp
Calls to
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ should be used as the dump device.
.Pp
The
.Nm
-program operates by setting the
+utility operates by setting the
.Xr sysctl 3
MIB variable
.Dq kern.dumpdev
@@ -126,5 +127,5 @@ is taken, it is not possible to send crash dumps directly to a file.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
.Fx 2.1 .
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