ERRDEAD(1M) ERRDEAD(1M)
NAME
errdead - extract error records from dump
SYNOPSIS
/etc/errdead dumpfile [ namelist ]
DESCRIPTION
When hardware errors are detected by the system, an error
record that contains information pertinent to the error is
generated. If the error-logging daemon errdemon(1M) is not
active or if the system crashes before the record can be
placed in the error file, the error information is held by
the system in a local buffer. Errdead examines a system
dump, extracts such error records, and passes them to
errpt(1M) for analysis.
The dumpfile specifies the file (or memory) that is to be
examined. The system namelist is specified by namelist; if
not given, /unix is used.
FILES
/unix system namelist
/usr/bin/errpt analysis program
/usr/tmp/errXXXXXX temporary file
DIAGNOSTICS
Diagnostics may come from either errdead or errpt. In
either case, they are intended to be self-explanatory.
SEE ALSO
errdemon(1M), errpt(1M).
Page 1 May 1989