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6 kdumpctl - control interface for kdump
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10 kdumpctl COMMAND
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14 kdumpctl is used to check or control the kdump service. In most cases,
15 you should use systemctl to start / stop / enable kdump service
16 instead. However, kdumpctl provides more details for debug and a helper
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21 start Start the service.
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25 status Prints the current status of kdump service. It returns non-zero
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41 kdump.conf(5), mkdumprd(8)
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