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Manual Reference Pages  - DISKDUMPCTL (8)

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diskdumpctl - diskdump controller

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Options

diskdumpctl [ -u ] device

diskdumpctl -V

diskdumpctl is a program to register or unregister a dump partition with the system. The device argument must be either a block device file or a partition device. If the -u option is specified, the device is unregistered. If the -V option is specified, diskdumpctl version information is shown. diskdumpctl returns 1 if it fails due to an error. Otherwise it returns 0.

-u	Unregister the device.
-V	Show version information and exit.

/proc/diskdump
	For kernel-2.4, the /proc filesystem file through which dump partitions are registered with the system.
/sys/devices/.../dump
	For kernel-2.6, the /sys filesystem file through which dump partitions are registered with the system.

diskdumpfmt(8), savecore(8), dumpfilter(8)

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