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Subject: docs/35967: rc.conf(5) manual missing "dumpdir" and "savecore_flags", etc.
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>Number:         35967
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       rc.conf(5) manual missing "dumpdir" and "savecore_flags", etc.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 15 22:10:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gary W. Swearingen
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
================
>Description:

The rc.conf(5) manual is missing "dumpdir" and "savecore_flags" entries
and this "dumpdev" entry needs updating:

  (str) If not set to ''NO'' then point kernel crash-dumps at the swap
  device specified as value.  When the system restarts, a crash-dump
  found on the specified device will typically be stored in the
  /var/crash directory by the savecore(8) program.

================
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
================
>Fix:

dumpdev

    (str) If not set to ''NO'' then dumpon(8) is used to cause kernel
    crash dumps to be saved in the (usually swap) device specified as
    _value_.  When the system restarts, a crash dump found on the
    specified device will be stored by the savecore(8) program using
    "savecore_flags" in the directory specified by the "dumpdir" value.
    Not effective unless crash occurs after booting with this set.
    See crash(8) manual for related info.

dumpdir

    (str) Specifies the directory where a crash dump will be saved by
    savecore(8) during a post-crash-dump OS boot (if the directory
    exists). See "dumpdev".

savecore_flags

    (str) The options (with leading "-") for savecore(8) to use during
    post-crash-dump OS boot. See "dumpdev".
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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