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[PATCH v3 4/5] Document the new "-a" command line option for gcore
- From: Sergio Lopez <slp at redhat dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Cc: Sergio Lopez <slp at redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 09:17:15 +0100
- Subject: [PATCH v3 4/5] Document the new "-a" command line option for gcore
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- References: <20171204081716.5414-1-slp@redhat.com>
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-11-29 Sergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com>
* NEWS (Changes since GDB 8.0): Announce new "-a"
command line option for gcore.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-11-29 Sergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (gcore man): Document new "-a" command line option.
---
gdb/NEWS | 5 +++++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 1372552a37..ce84fe7924 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
** The "complete" command now mimics TAB completion accurately.
+* New command line options (gcore)
+
+-a
+ Dump all memory mappings.
+
* Python Scripting
** New events gdb.new_inferior, gdb.inferior_deleted, and
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 7b25912e49..88d6820998 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -42948,7 +42948,7 @@ Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.
@format
@c man begin SYNOPSIS gcore
-gcore [-o @var{filename}] @var{pid}
+gcore [-a] [-o @var{filename}] @var{pid}
@c man end
@end format
@@ -42962,6 +42962,11 @@ running without any change.
@c man begin OPTIONS gcore
@table @env
+@item -a
+Dump all memory mappings. The actual effect of this option depends on the
+Operating System. On @sc{gnu}/Linux, it will disable
+@code{use-coredump-filter} and enable @code{dump-excluded-mappings}.
+
@item -o @var{filename}
The optional argument
@var{filename} specifies the file name where to put the core dump.
--
2.14.3