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8.Vx
9.Vx
10.Dd
11.Dt GCORE 1
12.Os BSD 4.2
13.Sh NAME
14.Nm gcore
15.Nd get core images of running processes
16.Sh SYNOPSIS
17.Nm gcore
18.Ar process\-id ...
19.Sh DESCRIPTION
20.Nm Gcore
21creates a core image of each specified process,
22suitable for use with
23.Xr adb  1
24or
25.Xr dbx  1  .
26.Sh FILES
27.Dw core.<process-id>
28.Di L
29.Dp Pa core.<process-id>
30core images
31.Dp
32.Sh HISTORY
33.Nm Gcore
34appeared in 4.2 BSD.
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