Package: gdb Version: 8.1-4 Followup-For: Bug #904628 Tags: patch Patch for possible update of man page.
And a note: the suggested compression trick doesn't work (seek errors). Maybe there is other way, maybe not possible. The other example, about using securely created destination, works. GSR
--- gcore.1 2018-07-26 04:50:01.066541238 +0200 +++ gcore.1-old 2018-07-11 17:49:59.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,26 +1,20 @@ -.TH gcore "1" "Jul 2018" "gdb 8.1" "GNU Tools" +.TH gcore "1" "May 2007" "gdb 6.8" "GNU Tools" .SH NAME -gcore \- Generate core files for running processes +gcore \- Generate a core file for a running process .SH SYNOPSIS .B gcore -[-a] [-o \fIfilename\fR] \fIpid[s]\fR +[-o \fIfilename\fR] \fIpid\fR .SH DESCRIPTION .\" Add any additional description here .PP -gcore generates a core file for the process(es) specified by process IDs, -\fIpid[s]\fR. By default, each core file is written to core.\fIpid\fR, in the +gcore generates a core file for the process specified by its process ID, +\fIpid\fR. By default, the core file is written to core.\fIpid\fR, in the current directory. .TP -\fB\-a\fR -(Linux only) ignore /proc/PID/coredump_filter and also dump memory mappings -marked with the 'VM_DONTDUMP' flag. See info node Core File Generation for -longer explanation. -.TP \fB\-o\fR \fIfilename\fR -write core file to \fIfilename\fR if one PID, or \fIfilename.pid\fR if -multiple PIDs, instead of default core.\fIpid\fR +write core file to \fIfilename\fR instead of core.\fIpid\fR .SH COPYING -Copyright \(co 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright \(co 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. .PP Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on
