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32.\" @(#)gcore.1 6.5 (Berkeley) 7/24/91
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34.Dd July 24, 1991
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35.Dt GCORE 1
36.Os BSD 4.2
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm gcore
39.Nd get core images of running processes
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm gcore
42.Ar process\-id ...
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Nm Gcore
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45creates a core image of each specified process,
46suitable for use with
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49.Xr dbx 1 .
50.Sh FILES
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51.Bl -tag -width core.<process-id> -compact
52.It Pa core.<process-id>
d9d7a9f0 53core images
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d9d7a9f0 55.Sh HISTORY
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56The
57.Nm gcore
58command
59appeared in
60.Bx 4.2 .
d9d7a9f0 61.Sh BUGS
3caa234d 62Paging activity that occurs while
d9d7a9f0 63.Nm gcore
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64is running may cause the program
65to become confused.
66For best results,
67the desired processes should be stopped.