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[binutils-gdb] Document the new "-a" command line option for gcore
- From: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj at sourceware dot org>
- To: gdb-cvs at sourceware dot org
- Date: 4 Dec 2017 17:06:57 -0000
- Subject: [binutils-gdb] Document the new "-a" command line option for gcore
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=c179febe79bf2fe2f64852c827813fc46da819f5
commit c179febe79bf2fe2f64852c827813fc46da819f5
Author: Sergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com>
Date: Mon Dec 4 09:17:15 2017 +0100
Document the new "-a" command line option for gcore
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.
Diff:
---
gdb/NEWS | 5 +++++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 9 ++++++++-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 86fcbd9..2262b25 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
** The "complete" command now mimics TAB completion accurately.
+* New command line options (gcore)
+
+-a
+ Dump all memory mappings.
+
* Breakpoints on C++ functions are now set on all scopes by default
By default, breakpoints on functions/methods are now interpreted as
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 1039f4c..3b251c6 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -43048,7 +43048,7 @@ 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
@@ -43062,6 +43062,13 @@ 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} (@pxref{set use-coredump-filter}) and
+enable @code{dump-excluded-mappings} (@pxref{set
+dump-excluded-mappings}).
+
@item -o @var{filename}
The optional argument
@var{filename} specifies the file name where to put the core dump.