2002-01-30 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>

	* NEWS: Mention generate-core-file command.

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+2002-01-30  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@redhat.com>
+
+       * NEWS: Mention generate-core-file command.
+
 2002-01-15  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@redhat.com>
 
        * target.c: New command, "set trust-readonly-sections on".

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 *** Changes since GDB 5.1:
 
+* New command "generate-core-file" (or "gcore").
+
+This new gdb command allows the user to drop a core file of the
+child process state at any time.  So far it's been implemented 
+only for Linux and Solaris, but should be relatively easily 
+ported to other hosts.  Argument is core file name (defaults 
+to core.<pid>).
+
 * New command line option
 
 GDB now accepts --pid or -p followed by a process id.