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GCORE(1)                    General Commands Manual                   GCORE(1)

NAME
     gcore - get core images of running process

SYNOPSIS
     gcore [-c corename] pid [pid ...]

DESCRIPTION
     gcore creates a core image of the specified processes suitable for use
     with gdb(1).  By default, the core is written to the file
     "<progname>.core", where "<progname>" is the program name of the process
     corresponding to the pid that is given on the command line.  This
     filename can be changed by supplying the -c corename argument, or setting
     "proc.<pid>.corename" with sysctl(8).

FILES
     <progname>.core    The core image.

SEE ALSO
     gdb(1), sysctl(8)

HISTORY
     gcore appeared in 4.2BSD, disappeared in NetBSD 1.2, and reappeared in
     NetBSD 2.0.

NetBSD 11.99                    March 26, 2017                    NetBSD 11.99