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Examine a crash dump by using the crash utility.
# /usr/sbin/crash [-d crashdump-file] [-n name-list] [-w output-file] |
-d crashdump-file |
Specifies a file to contain the system memory image. The default crash dump file is /dev/mem. |
-n name-list |
Specifies a text file to contain symbol table information if you want to examine symbolic access to the system memory image. The default file name is /dev/ksyms. |
-w output-file |
Specifies a file to contain output from a crash session. The default is standard output. |
Display crash status information.
# /usr/sbin/crash dumpfile = /dev/mem, namelist = /dev/ksyms, outfile = stdout > status . . . > size buf proc queue . . . |
The following example shows sample output from the crash utility. Information about status, and about the buffer, process, and queue size is displayed.
# /usr/sbin/crash dumpfile = /dev/mem, namelist = /dev/ksyms, outfile = stdout > status system name: SunOS release: 5.8 node name: earth version: s28_25 machine name: sun4m time of crash: Wed Jun 30 16:02:31 1999 age of system: 18 min. panicstr: panic registers: pc: 0 sp: 0 > size buf proc queue 120 1808 96 |