diskdumpctl(8) - Linux man page
Name
diskdumpctl - diskdump controller
Synopsis
diskdumpctl [ -u ] device
- diskdumpctl -V
Description
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.
Options
- -u
- Unregister the device.
- -V
- Show version information and exit.
Files
- /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.
See Also
diskdumpfmt(8), savecore(8), dumpfilter(8)