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.Dd 
.Dt GCORE 1
.Os BSD 4.2
.Sh NAME
.Nm gcore
.Nd get core images of running processes
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm gcore
.Ar process\-id ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Gcore
creates a core image of each specified process,
suitable for use with
.Xr adb  1
or
.Xr dbx  1  .
.Sh FILES
.Dw core.<process-id>
.Di L
.Dp Pa core.<process-id>
core images
.Dp
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm Gcore
appeared in 4.2 BSD.
.Sh BUGS
Paging activity that occurs while
.Nm gcore
is running may cause the program
to become confused.
For best results,
the desired processes should be stopped.