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8.Dd
9.Dt GCORE 1
10.Os BSD 4.2
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm gcore
13.Nd get core images of running processes
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Nm gcore
16.Ar process\-id ...
17.Sh DESCRIPTION
18.Nm Gcore
19creates a core image of each specified process,
20suitable for use with
21.Xr adb  1
22or
23.Xr dbx  1  .
24.Sh FILES
25.Bl -tag -width core.<process-id> -compact
26.It Pa core.<process-id>
27core images
28.El
29.Sh HISTORY
30The
31.Nm gcore
32command
33appeared in
34.Bx 4.2 .
35.Sh BUGS
36Paging activity that occurs while
37.Nm gcore
38is running may cause the program
39to become confused.
40For best results,
41the desired processes should be stopped.
42