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Xref send-pr 1, not 8. Whitespace fixes while I'm here.

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.\" $NetBSD: savecore.8,v 1.18 2001/01/02 21:39:37 joda Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: savecore.8,v 1.19 2001/04/03 11:17:31 wiz Exp $
.\" .\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.Ar directory .Ar directory
.Sh DESCRIPTION .Sh DESCRIPTION
When the When the
.Nx .Nx
kernel encounters a fatal error, the kernel encounters a fatal error, the
.Xr panic 9 .Xr panic 9
routine arranges for a snapshot of the contents of physical memory to routine arranges for a snapshot of the contents of physical memory to
be written into a dump area, typically in the swap partition. be written into a dump area, typically in the swap partition.
.Pp .Pp
Upon a subsequent reboot, Upon a subsequent reboot,
.Nm .Nm
is typically run out of is typically run out of
.Xr rc 8 , .Xr rc 8 ,
before swapping is enabled, to copy the kernel and the saved memory image before swapping is enabled, to copy the kernel and the saved memory image
into into
@ -78,15 +78,15 @@ to attempt to deduce the cause of the crash.
.Pp .Pp
Crashes are usually the result of kernel bugs; if this is suspected, a Crashes are usually the result of kernel bugs; if this is suspected, a
full bug report should be filed using full bug report should be filed using
.Xr send-pr 8 , .Xr send-pr 1 ,
containing as much information as possible about the circumstances of containing as much information as possible about the circumstances of
the crash. Since crash dumps are typically very large and may contain the crash. Since crash dumps are typically very large and may contain
whatever (potentially confidential) information was in memory at the whatever (potentially confidential) information was in memory at the
time of the crash, do time of the crash, do
.Em NOT .Em NOT
include a copy of the crash dump file in the bug report; instead, save it include a copy of the crash dump file in the bug report; instead, save it
somewhere in the event that a somewhere in the event that a
.Nx .Nx
developer wants to examine it. developer wants to examine it.
.Pp .Pp
The options are as follows: The options are as follows:
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Prints out some additional debugging information. Prints out some additional debugging information.
.It Fl z .It Fl z
Compresses the core dump and kernel (see Compresses the core dump and kernel (see
.Xr gzip 1 ). .Xr gzip 1 ) .
.El .El
.Pp .Pp
.Nm .Nm
@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ The minfree code does not consider the effect of compression.
.Xr gzip 1 , .Xr gzip 1 ,
.Xr iostat 8 , .Xr iostat 8 ,
.Xr netstat 1 , .Xr netstat 1 ,
.Xr ps 1 , .Xr ps 1 ,
.Xr pstat 8 , .Xr pstat 8 ,
.Xr panic 9 , .Xr panic 9 ,
.Xr rc 8 , .Xr rc 8 ,
.Xr send-pr 1 , .Xr send-pr 1 ,