SYSTEMD-COREDUMPCTL(1)

NAME
systemd-coredumpctl - Retrieve coredumps from the journal

SYNOPSIS

systemd-coredumpctl [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND} [PID|COMM|EXE|MATCH...]

DESCRIPTION

systemd-coredumpctl may be used to retrieve coredumps from systemd-journald(8).

OPTIONS

The following options are understood:

--help, -h
    Print a short help text and exit.

--version
    Print a short version string and exit.

--output=FILE, -o FILE
    Write the core to FILE.

--no-pager
    Do not pipe output of list into a pager.

The following commands are understood:

list
    List coredumps captured in the journal matching specified characteristics.

dump
    Extract the last coredump matching specified characteristics. Coredump will be written on stdout, unless an output file is specified with -o/--output.

MATCHING

Match can be:

PID
    Process ID of the process that dumped core. An integer.

COMM
    Name of the executable (matches COREDUMP_COMM=). Must not contain slashes.

EXE
    Path to the executable (matches COREDUMP_EXE=). Must contain at least one slash.

MATCH
    General journalctl predicates (see journalctl(1)). Must contain an equals sign.

EXIT STATUS

On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise. Not finding any mathing coredumps is treated as failure.

SEE ALSO

systemd-journald.service(8)