From cefd4ef53ff0474d9f5fc67bb389b771f371373a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Snyder Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 02:33:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2002-01-30 Michael Snyder * NEWS: Mention generate-core-file command. --- gdb/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ gdb/NEWS | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 27dfeb0ca3c..e98fb875d8d 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2002-01-30 Michael Snyder + + * NEWS: Mention generate-core-file command. + 2002-01-15 Michael Snyder * target.c: New command, "set trust-readonly-sections on". diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS index a75707fadbc..7518234f6f7 100644 --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ *** 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.). + * New command line option GDB now accepts --pid or -p followed by a process id. -- 2.30.2