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expand_dump(8)							expand_dump(8)

NAME
       expand_dump - Produces a non-compressed kernel crash dump file

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/expand_dump input-file output-file

DESCRIPTION
       By  default,  kernel crash dump files (vmzcore.#) are compressed during
       the crash dump.	Compressed core files can be examined  by  the	latest
       versions	 of  debugging tools that have been recompiled to support com‐
       pressed crash dump files.  However, not	all  debugging	tools  may  be
       upgraded	 on  a	given  system, or you may want to examine a crash dump
       from a remote system using an older version of a tool.  The expand_dump
       utility	produces  a  file that can be read by tools that have not been
       upgraded to support compressed crash dump files.	  This	non-compressed
       version can also be read by any upgraded tool.

       This  utility  can  only	 be used with compressed crash dump files, and
       does not support any other form of compressed  file.   You  cannot  use
       other  decompression  tools  such  as  compress, gzip, or zip on a com‐
       pressed crash dump file.

       Note that the non-compressed file will require significantly more  disk
       storage	space as it is possible to achieve compression ratios of up to
       60:1.  Check the available disk space before  running  expand_dump  and
       estimate	 the  size of the non-compressed file as follows: Run tests by
       halting your system and forcing a crash	as  described  in  the	Kernel
       Debugging  manual.   Use an upgraded debugger to determine the value of
       the variable dumpsize.  Multiply this vale by  the  8Kb	page  size  to
       approximate  the	 required disk space of the non-compressed crash-dump.
       Run expand_dump and pipe the output file to /dev/null, noting the  size
       of the file that is printed when expand_dump completes its task.

RETURN VALUES
       Successful  completion  of  the decompression.  The user did not supply
       the correct number of command line arguments.  The input file could not
       be  read.   The	input  file is not a compressed dump, or is corrupted.
       The output file could not be created or opened for  writing  and	 trun‐
       cated.	There  was some problem writing to the output file (probably a
       full disk).  The input file is not formated consistantly.  It is proba‐
       bly corrupted.  The input file could not be correctly decompressed.  It
       is probably corrupted.

EXAMPLES
       expand_dump vmzcore.4 vmcore.4

SEE ALSO
       Commands: dbx(1), kdbx(8), ladebug(1), savecore(8)

       Kernel Debugging

       System Administration

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