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CRASHINFO(8)		     System Manager's Manual		    CRASHINFO(8)

NAME
     crashinfo -- analyze a core dump of the operating system

SYNOPSIS
     crashinfo [-d crashdir] [-n dumpnr] [-k kernel] [core]

DESCRIPTION
     The crashinfo utility analyzes a core dump saved by savecore(8).  It gener-
     ates  a text file containing the analysis in the same directory as the core
     dump.  For a given core dump file named vmcore.XX the generated  text  file
     will be named core.txt.XX.

     By  default,  crashinfo analyzes the most recent core dump in the core dump
     directory.  A specific core dump may be specified via either  the	core  or
     dumpnr  arguments.  Once crashinfo has located a core dump, it analyzes the
     core dump to determine the exact version of the kernel that  generated  the
     core.  It then looks for a matching kernel file under each of the subdirec-
     tories  in  /boot.   The location of the kernel file can also be explicitly
     provided via the kernel argument.

     Once crashinfo has located a core dump and kernel, it uses  several  utili-
     ties  to analyze the core including dmesg(8), fstat(1), iostat(8), ipcs(1),
     kgdb(1)(ports/devel/gdb), netstat(1), nfsstat(1), ps(1), pstat(8), and  vm-
     stat(8).	Note  that kgdb must be installed from the devel/gdb port or gdb
     package.

     The options are as follows:

     -b      Run in batch mode.  Write most messages to the core.txt.XX file in-
	     stead of the terminal.  This flag is used	when  crashinfo  is  run
	     during boot.

     -d crashdir
	     Specify  an  alternate core dump directory.  The default crash dump
	     directory is /var/crash.

     -n dumpnr
	     Use the core dump saved in vmcore.dumpnr instead of the latest core
	     in the core dump directory.

     -k kernel
	     Specify an explicit kernel file.

SEE ALSO
     textdump(4), savecore(8)

HISTORY
     The crashinfo utility appeared in FreeBSD 6.4.

FreeBSD ports 15.1		December 2, 2020		    CRASHINFO(8)

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