dump Special File

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Purpose

Supports system dump.

Syntax

#include <sys/dump.h>

Description

The /dev/sysdump and /dev/sysdumpctl special files support system dumping. Minor device 0 of the sysdump driver provides the interfaces for the system dump routine to write data to the dump device. The sysdump driver also provides interfaces for querying or assigning the dump devices and initiating a dump.