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6 systemd-coredump - Log and store core dumps
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9 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump
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12 systemd-coredump can be used as a helper binary by the kernel when a
13 user space program receives a fatal signal and dumps core. For it to be
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15 kernel.core_pattern sysctl(8) setting. Systemd installs
16 /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf which configures kernel.core_pattern
17 to invoke systemd-coredump. This file may be masked or overriden to use
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22 particular, the coredump will only be processed when the related
23 resource limits are high enough. For programs started by systemd those
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26 systemd-coredump will log the coredump including a backtrace if
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