Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 09:10:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/50790: [patch] Expand description of dumpdev use in Developers Handbook Message-ID: <200304111610.h3BGAEhb030475@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/50790; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com> To: "Simon L.Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/50790: [patch] Expand description of dumpdev use in Developers Handbook Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 12:01:44 -0400 At 8:35 PM +0200 2003/04/10, Simon L.Nielsen wrote: > >Number: 50790 >>Category: docs > >Synopsis: [patch] Expand description of dumpdev use in Developers > >--- doc-develbook-crashdump.patch begins here --- >Index: kerneldebug/chapter.sgml >=================================================================== >RCS file: >/home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug/chapter.sgml,v >retrieving revision 1.45 >diff -u -d -r1.45 chapter.sgml >--- kerneldebug/chapter.sgml 12 Jan 2003 18:31:39 -0000 1.45 >+++ kerneldebug/chapter.sgml 10 Apr 2003 18:23:14 -0000 >@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ > (note that this will have to be done after configuring the partition in > question as swap space via &man.swapon.8;). This is normally arranged > by setting the <varname>dumpdev</varname> variable in >- <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para> >+ &man.rc.conf.5;. If you have set <varname>dumpdev</varname> variable s/set <varname>dumpdev</varname> variable/ set the <varname>dumpdev</varname> variable/ or s/set <varname>dumpdev</varname> variable/ set <varname>dumpdev</varname>/ >+ in &man.rc.conf.5; the &man.savecore.8; program will automatically be >+ called on the first multi-user boot after the crash and save the kernel >+ crash dump to the directory specified in the &man.rc.conf.5; >+ <varname>dumpdir</varname> variable (the default directory is >+ <filename>/var/crash</filename>).</para> -- Chris Pepper: <http://www.reppep.com/~pepper/>; Rockefeller University: <http://www.rockefeller.edu/>;
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