Remove some information that only applies to the old a.out core dump format.

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David Schultz 2004-11-22 03:15:21 +00:00
parent b4425fbe38
commit 40ca336b7c
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
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@ -89,41 +89,6 @@ changed to generate a core dump by setting the
variable
.Va kern.sugid_coredump
to 1.
.Pp
The core file consists of the
.Fa u.
area, whose size (in pages) is
defined by the
.Dv UPAGES
manifest in the
.In sys/param.h
file.
The
.Fa u.
area starts with a
.Fa user
structure as given in
.In sys/user.h .
The remainder of the core
file consists of the data pages followed by
the stack pages of the process image.
The amount of data space image in the core
file is given (in pages) by the
variable
.Fa u_dsize
in the
.Fa u.
area.
The amount of stack image in the core file is given (in pages) by the
variable
.Fa u_ssize
in the
.Fa u.
area.
The size of a ``page'' is given by the constant
.Dv PAGE_SIZE
(also from
.In sys/param.h ) .
.Sh EXAMPLES
In order to store all core images in per-user private areas under
.Pa /var/coredumps ,