NAME¶

procdump - generate coredumps based off performance triggers.

SYNOPSIS¶

procdump [-n Count]
[-s Seconds]
[-c|-cl CPU_Usage]
[-m|-ml Commit_Usage]
[-tc Thread_Threshold]
[-fc FileDescriptor_Threshold]
[-sig Signal_Number]
[-pf Polling_Frequency]
[-o]
[-log]
{
{{[-w] Process_Name | [-pgid] PID} [Dump_File | Dump_Folder]}
}

Options:
-n Number of dumps to write before exiting.
-s Consecutive seconds before dump is written (default is 10).
-c CPU threshold above which to create a dump of the process.
-cl CPU threshold below which to create a dump of the process.
-m Memory commit threshold in MB at which to create a dump.
-ml Trigger when memory commit drops below specified MB value.
-tc Thread count threshold above which to create a dump of the process.
-fc File descriptor count threshold above which to create a dump of the process.
-sig Signal number to intercept to create a dump of the process.
-pf Polling frequency.
-o Overwrite existing dump file.
-log Writes extended ProcDump tracing to syslog.
-w Wait for the specified process to launch if it's not running.
-pgid Process ID specified refers to a process group ID.

DESCRIPTION¶

procdump is a Linux reimagining of the class ProcDump tool from the Sysinternals suite of tools for Windows. Procdump provides a convenient way for Linux developers to create core dumps of their application based on performance triggers.