crashdump(8)              BSD System Manager's Manual             crashdump(8)

NAME
     crashdump -- crash reporting tool

SYNOPSIS
     crashdump

DESCRIPTION
     crashdump is a helper tool used by the crashreporterd daemon to create
     crash reports and notify the user of application crashes.   Users should
     not run crashdump manually.

     For most user processes the crash report is appended to the crash log
     located at: ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/<>.crash.log

     For system processes (or for processes where the user can not be identi-
     fied or the user's home directory is not available for writing) the crash
     report will instead be be appended to the crash log located at:
     /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/<>.crash.log

     For normal application crashes crashdump will display a dialog to alert
     the console user to the crash and offer the choice to view more details
     about the crash, report the crash to Apple or try running the application
     again.

SEE ALSO
     crashreporterd(8)

Darwin                         September 7, 2004                        Darwin