Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 15:09:42 +0000 (UTC) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r216957 - stable/8/usr.bin/gcore Message-ID: <201101041509.p04F9grA039799@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: jhb Date: Tue Jan 4 15:09:42 2011 New Revision: 216957 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/216957 Log: MFC 216769: Start sentences on a new line to ease life for translators. Tweak the wording in a few places. Modified: stable/8/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 Directory Properties: stable/8/usr.bin/gcore/ (props changed) Modified: stable/8/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 ============================================================================== --- stable/8/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 Tue Jan 4 14:49:54 2011 (r216956) +++ stable/8/usr.bin/gcore/gcore.1 Tue Jan 4 15:09:42 2011 (r216957) @@ -63,12 +63,13 @@ The following options are available: Write the core file to the specified file instead of .Dq Pa core.<pid> . .It Fl f -Dumps all the available segments, excluding only the malformed ones and -un-dumpable ones. Unlike the default invocation, it also dumps -device- and sglist-mapped areas that may invalidate the state of -some transactions. This flag must be used very carefully, when the -behavior of the application is fully understood and the fallouts can -be easily controlled. +Dumps all available segments, excluding only malformed and undumpable segments. +Unlike the default invocation, this flag dumps mappings of devices which +may invalidate the state of device transactions or trigger other unexpected +behavior. +As a result, this flag should only be used when the behavior of the +application and any devices it has mapped is fully understood and any side +effects can be controlled or tolerated. .It Fl s Stop the process while gathering the core image, and resume it when done. @@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ Because of the .Xr ptrace 2 usage .Nm -may not work with processes which are actively investigated with +may not work with processes which are actively being investigated with .Xr truss 1 or .Xr gdb 1 .
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