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authordes <des@FreeBSD.org>2004-09-20 17:49:57 +0000
committerdes <des@FreeBSD.org>2004-09-20 17:49:57 +0000
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Document the AUTO setting for dumpdev.
MFC after: 4 weeks
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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd April 25, 2004
+.Dd September 20, 2004
.Dt RC.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -2444,7 +2444,12 @@ man page.
.Pq Vt str
Indicates the device (usually a swap partition) to which a crash dump
should be written in the event of a system crash.
-The value of this variable is passed as the argument to
+If the value of this variable is
+.Dq Li AUTO ,
+the first suitable swap device listed in
+.Pa /etc/fstab
+will be used as dump device.
+Otherwise, the value of this variable is passed as the argument to
.Xr dumpon 8 .
To disable crash dumps, set this variable to
.Dq Li NO .
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