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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.Dw core.<process-id>
26.Di L
27.Dp Pa core.<process-id>
28core images
29.Dp
30.Sh HISTORY
31.Nm Gcore
32appeared in 4.2 BSD.
33.Sh BUGS
34Paging activity that occurs while
35.Nm gcore
36is running may cause the program
37to become confused.
38For best results,
39the desired processes should be stopped.
40