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cr_uncompress(3)					      cr_uncompress(3)

NAME
       cr_uncompress - uncompress a file in a crash dump

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       The ensures that a file, part of a crash dump described by crash_cb, is
       uncompressed and matches its expected size and checksum (as computed by
       cksum(1)).   This  call	is  most often used to ensure the integrity of
       module files that are a part of the crash dump; see cr_info(3).

       pathname is the name of the file to uncompress.	Supported  compression
       methods	include	 gzip(1),  which  appends  a to the filename, and com‐
       press(1),  which	 appends  Respectively,	 size  and  checksum  are  the
       expected	 size  and checksum of the uncompressed file.  Either validity
       check can be disabled by specifying zero for the corresponding  parame‐
       ter.

RETURN VALUE
       Returns	zero  for success.  Other possible return values are described
       in libcrash(5).

EXAMPLE
       The following call to cr_uncompress(3) ensures that the kernel file  is
       uncompressed and validated.

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP.

SEE ALSO
       gunzip(1), uncompress(1), cr_info(3), cr_open(3), libcrash(5).

							      cr_uncompress(3)
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