[mod.computers.vax] image dump

KVC@ENGVAX.UUCP.UUCP (01/30/87)

> Apparently, there is no way to tell $CREPRC to set the created process
> to /DUMP (it must be there somewhere, because RUN/DET/DUMP works, but
> it's not documented). A workaround is to let the created process do it:
>
>     Jan
 
According to the "VMS System Services Reference Manual" for VAX/VMS Version
4.4, on page SYS-87 under the description of the STSFLG parameter to SYS$CREPRC
there is a table of flag bits, including:
 
PRC$M_IMGDMP    Enable image dump facility.  If an image terminates
                due to an unhandled condition, the image dump facility
                writes the contents of the address space to a file in
                your current default directory, (sic)  The file name will be
                the same as the image name which terminated.  The
                file type will be DMP.
 
Also, the /DUMP qualifier to the RUN command is documented under the
topic "HELP RUN PROCESS /DUMP" as well as on page DCL-370 of the "VMS DCL
Dictionary".
 
        /Kevin Carosso                 kvc%engvax.uucp@usc-oberon.usc.edu
         Hughes Aircraft Co.