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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 | 22 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 b/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 index 981e0be..a5be26a 100644 --- a/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 +++ b/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)gcore.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 18, 1994 +.Dd November 18, 2009 .Dt GCORE 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ By default, the core is written to the file The process identifier, .Ar pid , must be given on the command line. -If no executable image is -specified, -.Nm -will use -.Dq Pa /proc/<pid>/file . .Pp The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width indent @@ -80,8 +75,6 @@ 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 .Sh HISTORY A @@ -89,12 +82,15 @@ A utility appeared in .Bx 4.2 . .Sh BUGS -Context switches or paging activity that occur while +Because of the +.Xr ptrace 2 +usage .Nm -is running may cause the program to become confused. -For best results, use -.Fl s -to temporarily stop the target process. +may not work with processes which are actively investigated with +.Xr truss 1 +or +.Xr gdb 1 . +Additionally, interruptable sleeps may exit with EINTR. .Pp The .Nm |
