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authordes <des@FreeBSD.org>1998-09-14 10:09:30 +0000
committerdes <des@FreeBSD.org>1998-09-14 10:09:30 +0000
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Don't require an executable file name. If no executable image is
specified, use /proc/<pid>/file. Document it. PR: bin/7915 Suggested-By: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org>
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 b/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1
index 2e1d5f6..8a66e88 100644
--- a/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1
+++ b/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
.Nm
.Op Fl s
.Op Fl c Ar core
-.Ar exec pid
+.Op Ar exec
+.Ar pid
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Gcore
creates a core image of the specified process,
@@ -49,11 +50,13 @@ suitable for use with
.Xr gdb 1 .
By default, the core is written to the file
.Dq Pa core.<pid> .
-Both the executable image,
-.Ar exec ,
-and the process identifier,
+The process identifier,
.Ar pid ,
-must be given on the command line.
+must be given on the command line. If no executable image is
+specified,
+.Nm
+will use
+.Dq Pa /proc/<pid>/file .
.Pp
The options are:
.Bl -tag -width indent
@@ -72,6 +75,8 @@ The same effect can be achieved manually with
.Bl -tag -width /var/log/messages -compact
.It Pa core.<pid>
The core image.
+.It Pa /proc/<pid>/file
+The executable image.
.EL
.Dp
.Sh HISTORY
@@ -90,8 +95,3 @@ to temporarily stop the target process.
is not compatible with the original
.Bx 4.2
version.
-In particular,
-.Bx 4.4
-requires the
-.Ar exec
-argument.
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