systemd/man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml
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<refentry id="systemd-coredumpctl" conditional='ENABLE_COREDUMP'
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-coredumpctl</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Zbigniew</firstname>
<surname>Jędrzejewski-Szmek</surname>
<email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd-coredumpctl</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-coredumpctl</refname>
<refpurpose>Retrieve coredumps from the journal</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>systemd-coredumpctl</command>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
<arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">PID|COMM|EXE|MATCH</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>systemd-coredumpctl</command> may be used to
retrieve coredumps from
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-F</option></term>
<term><option>--field=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Print all possible
data values the specified field
takes in matching coredump entries of the
journal.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-o</option></term>
<term><option>--output=FILE</option></term>
<listitem><para>Write the core to
<option>FILE</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-legend</option></term>
<listitem><para>Do not print the column headers.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
</variablelist>
<para>The following commands are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>list</command></term>
<listitem><para>List coredumps captured in the journal
matching specified characteristics.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>dump</command></term>
<listitem><para>Extract the last coredump
matching specified characteristics.
The coredump will be written on standard output,
unless an output file is specified with
<option>-o/--output</option>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>gdb</command></term>
<listitem><para>Invoke the GNU
debugger on the last coredump matching
specified characteristics.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Matching</title>
<para>Match can be:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>PID</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Process ID of the
process that dumped
core. An integer.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>COMM</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Name of the executable
(matches <option>COREDUMP_COMM=</option>).
Must not contain slashes.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>EXE</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Path to the executable
(matches <option>COREDUMP_EXE=</option>).
Must contain at least one slash.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>MATCH</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>General journalctl predicates
(see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
Must contain an equals sign.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
<para>On success, 0 is returned; otherwise, a non-zero failure
code is returned. Not finding any matching coredumps is treated
as failure.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>