SYSTEMD-COREDUMPCTL(1)systemd-coredumpctlSYSTEMD-COREDUMPCTL(1)NAMEsystemd-coredumpctl - Retrieve coredumps from the journal
SYNOPSISsystemd-coredumpctl [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND} [PID|COMM|EXE|MATCH...]
DESCRIPTIONsystemd-coredumpctl may be used to retrieve coredumps from systemd-
journald(8).
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
-F, --field=
Print all possible data values the specified field takes in
matching coredump entries of the journal.
-o, --output=FILE
Write the core to FILE.
--no-legend
Do not print the column headers.
-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.
--version
Print a short version string and exit.
--no-pager
Do not pipe output into a pager.
The following commands are understood:
list
List coredumps captured in the journal matching specified
characteristics.
dump
Extract the last coredump matching specified characteristics. The
coredump will be written on standard output, unless an output file
is specified with -o/--output.
gdb
Invoke the GNU debugger on the last coredump matching specified
characteristics.
MATCHING
Match can be:
PID
Process ID of the process that dumped core. An integer.
COMM
Name of the executable (matches COREDUMP_COMM=). Must not contain
slashes.
EXE
Path to the executable (matches COREDUMP_EXE=). Must contain at
least one slash.
MATCH
General journalctl predicates (see journalctl(1)). Must contain an
equals sign.
EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned; otherwise, a non-zero failure code is
returned. Not finding any matching coredumps is treated as failure.
SEE ALSOsystemd-journald.service(8), gdb(1)systemd 212SYSTEMD-COREDUMPCTL(1)