<varlistentry>
<term>TIME</term>
<listitem><para>The timestamp of the crash, as reported by the kernel.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>PID</term>
<listitem><para>The identifier of the process that crashed.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term>UID</term>
<term>GID</term>
<listitem><para>The user and group identifiers of the process that crashed.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>SIGNAL</term>
<listitem><para>The signal that caused the process to crash, when applicable.
- </para></listitem>
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
stored in its entirety, <literal>error</literal> means that the core file
cannot be accessed, most likely because of insufficient permissions, and
<literal>missing</literal> means that the core was stored in a file, but
- this file has since been removed.</para></listitem>
+ this file has since been removed.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>EXE</term>
<listitem><para>The full path to the executable. For backtraces of scripts
- this is the name of the interpreter.</para></listitem>
+ this is the name of the interpreter.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-coredump</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
Thus it may very well happen that a particular core dump is still listed
in the journal while its corresponding core dump file has already been
- removed.</para></listitem>
+ removed.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v215"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Show detailed information about the last core dump
or core dumps matching specified characteristics
- captured in the journal.</para></listitem>
+ captured in the journal.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v215"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Extract the last core dump matching specified
characteristics. The core dump will be written on standard
output, unless an output file is specified with
- <option>--output=</option>. </para></listitem>
+ <option>--output=</option>. </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v215"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
will be used. This may be changed using the <option>--debugger=</option>
option or the <varname>$SYSTEMD_DEBUGGER</varname> environment
variable. Use the <option>--debugger-arguments=</option> option to pass extra
- command line arguments to the debugger.</para></listitem>
+ command line arguments to the debugger.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<term><option>-1</option></term>
<listitem><para>Show information of the most recent core dump only, instead of listing all known core
- dumps. (Equivalent to <option>--reverse -n 1</option></para></listitem>
+ dumps. Equivalent to <option>--reverse -n 1</option>.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v215"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-n</option> <replaceable>INT</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Show at most the specified number of entries. The specified parameter must be an
- integer greater or equal to 1.</para></listitem>
+ integer greater or equal to 1.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v248"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-S</option></term>
<term><option>--since</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Only print entries which are since the specified date.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Only print entries which are since the specified date.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-U</option></term>
<term><option>--until</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Only print entries which are until the specified date.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Only print entries which are until the specified date.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--reverse</option></term>
<listitem><para>Reverse output so that the newest entries are displayed first.
- </para></listitem>
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Print all possible data values the specified
field takes in matching core dump entries of the
- journal.</para></listitem>
+ journal.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v215"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--output=</option><replaceable>FILE</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Write the core to <option>FILE</option>.
- </para></listitem>
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v215"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Use the given debugger for the <command>debug</command>
command. If not given and <varname>$SYSTEMD_DEBUGGER</varname> is unset, then
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>gdb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- will be used. </para></listitem>
+ will be used. </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Pass the given <replaceable>ARGS</replaceable> as extra command line arguments
to the debugger. Quote as appropriate when <replaceable>ARGS</replaceable> contain whitespace.
- (See Examples.)</para></listitem>
+ (See Examples.)</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v248"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
files matching <replaceable>GLOB</replaceable> instead of the
default runtime and system journal paths. May be specified
multiple times, in which case files will be suitably
- interleaved.</para></listitem>
+ interleaved.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--directory=</option><replaceable>DIR</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Use the journal files in the specified <option>DIR</option>.
- </para></listitem>
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v225"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--root=<replaceable>ROOT</replaceable></option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Use root directory <option>ROOT</option> when searching for coredumps.
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v252"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--image=<replaceable>image</replaceable></option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a path to a disk image file or block device node. If specified, all operations
+ are applied to file system in the indicated disk image. This option is similar to
+ <option>--root=</option>, but operates on file systems stored in disk images or block devices. The
+ disk image should either contain just a file system or a set of file systems within a GPT partition
+ table, following the <ulink url="https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/discoverable_partitions_specification">Discoverable Partitions
+ Specification</ulink>. For further information on supported disk images, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
+ switch of the same name.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v252"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="image-policy-open" />
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-q</option></term>
<term><option>--quiet</option></term>
<listitem><para>Suppresses informational messages about lack
of access to journal files and possible in-flight coredumps.
- </para></listitem>
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--all</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Look at all available journal files in <filename>/var/log/journal/</filename>
+ (excluding journal namespaces) instead of only local ones.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v250"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<listitem><para>Process ID of the
process that dumped
- core. An integer.</para></listitem>
+ core. An integer.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v215"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Name of the executable (matches
<option>COREDUMP_COMM=</option>). Must not contain slashes.
- </para></listitem>
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v215"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Path to the executable (matches
<option>COREDUMP_EXE=</option>). Must contain at least one
- slash. </para></listitem>
+ slash. </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v215"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem><para>General journalctl match filter, must contain an equals
sign (<literal>=</literal>). See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- </para></listitem>
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v215"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>$SYSTEMD_DEBUGGER</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Use the given debugger for the <command>debug</command>
- command. See the <option>--debugger=</option> option.</para></listitem>
+ command. See the <option>--debugger=</option> option.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<example>
- <title>List all the core dumps of a program named foo</title>
+ <title>List all the core dumps of a program</title>
+
+ <programlisting>$ coredumpctl list /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox
+TIME PID UID GID SIG COREFILE EXE SIZE
+Tue … 8018 1000 1000 SIGSEGV missing /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -
+Wed … 251609 1000 1000 SIGTRAP missing /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -
+Fri … 552351 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox 28.7M
+</programlisting>
- <programlisting># coredumpctl list foo</programlisting>
+ <para>The journal has three entries pertaining to <filename>/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox</filename>, and
+ only the last entry still has an available core file (in external storage on disk).</para>
+
+ <para>Note that <filename>coredumpctl</filename> needs access to the journal files to retrieve the
+ relevant entries from the journal. Thus, an unprivileged user will normally only see information about
+ crashing programs of this user.</para>
</example>
<example>
- <title>Invoke gdb on the last core dump</title>
+ <title>Invoke <command>gdb</command> on the last core dump</title>
- <programlisting># coredumpctl debug</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>$ coredumpctl debug</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
- <title>Use gdb to display full register info from the last core dump</title>
+ <title>Use <command>gdb</command> to display full register info from the last core dump</title>
- <programlisting># coredumpctl debug --debugger-arguments="-batch -ex 'info all-registers'"</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>$ coredumpctl debug --debugger-arguments="-batch -ex 'info all-registers'"</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
- <title>Show information about a process that dumped core,
- matching by its PID 6654</title>
-
- <programlisting># coredumpctl info 6654</programlisting>
+ <title>Show information about a core dump matched by PID</title>
+
+ <programlisting>$ coredumpctl info 6654
+ PID: 6654 (bash)
+ UID: 1000 (user)
+ GID: 1000 (user)
+ Signal: 11 (SEGV)
+ Timestamp: Mon 2021-01-01 00:00:01 CET (20s ago)
+ Command Line: bash -c $'kill -SEGV $$'
+ Executable: /usr/bin/bash
+ Control Group: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/…
+ Unit: user@1000.service
+ User Unit: vte-spawn-….scope
+ Slice: user-1000.slice
+ Owner UID: 1000 (user)
+ Boot ID: …
+ Machine ID: …
+ Hostname: …
+ Storage: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.bash.1000.….zst (present)
+ Size on Disk: 51.7K
+ Message: Process 130414 (bash) of user 1000 dumped core.
+
+ Stack trace of thread 130414:
+ #0 0x00007f398142358b kill (libc.so.6 + 0x3d58b)
+ #1 0x0000558c2c7fda09 kill_builtin (bash + 0xb1a09)
+ #2 0x0000558c2c79dc59 execute_builtin.lto_priv.0 (bash + 0x51c59)
+ #3 0x0000558c2c79709c execute_simple_command (bash + 0x4b09c)
+ #4 0x0000558c2c798408 execute_command_internal (bash + 0x4c408)
+ #5 0x0000558c2c7f6bdc parse_and_execute (bash + 0xaabdc)
+ #6 0x0000558c2c85415c run_one_command.isra.0 (bash + 0x10815c)
+ #7 0x0000558c2c77d040 main (bash + 0x31040)
+ #8 0x00007f398140db75 __libc_start_main (libc.so.6 + 0x27b75)
+ #9 0x0000558c2c77dd1e _start (bash + 0x31d1e)
+</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title>Extract the last core dump of /usr/bin/bar to a file named
<filename index="false">bar.coredump</filename></title>
- <programlisting># coredumpctl -o bar.coredump dump /usr/bin/bar</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>$ coredumpctl -o bar.coredump dump /usr/bin/bar</programlisting>
</example>
</refsect1>