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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
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+  Copyright 2012 Zbigniew JÄ™drzejewski-Szmek
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+
+<refentry id="coredumpctl" conditional='ENABLE_COREDUMP'
+          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+        <refentryinfo>
+                <title>coredumpctl</title>
+                <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+                <authorgroup>
+                        <author>
+                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+                                <firstname>Zbigniew</firstname>
+                                <surname>JÄ™drzejewski-Szmek</surname>
+                                <email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email>
+                        </author>
+                </authorgroup>
+        </refentryinfo>
+
+        <refmeta>
+                <refentrytitle>coredumpctl</refentrytitle>
+                <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+        </refmeta>
+
+        <refnamediv>
+                <refname>coredumpctl</refname>
+                <refpurpose>Retrieve coredumps from the journal</refpurpose>
+        </refnamediv>
+
+        <refsynopsisdiv>
+                <cmdsynopsis>
+                        <command>coredumpctl</command>
+                        <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+                        <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
+                        <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">PID|COMM|EXE|MATCH</arg>
+                </cmdsynopsis>
+        </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Description</title>
+
+                <para><command>coredumpctl</command> may be used to
+                retrieve coredumps from
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Options</title>
+
+                <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+                <variablelist>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>-F</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--field=</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Print all possible
+                                data values the specified field
+                                takes in matching coredump entries of the
+                                journal.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>-o</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--output=FILE</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Write the core to
+                                <option>FILE</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--no-legend</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Do not print the column headers.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+                        <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+                        <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
+                </variablelist>
+
+                <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+                <variablelist>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>list</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>List coredumps captured in the journal
+                                matching specified characteristics.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>dump</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Extract the last coredump
+                                matching specified characteristics.
+                                The coredump will be written on standard output,
+                                unless an output file is specified with
+                                <option>-o/--output</option>.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>gdb</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Invoke the GNU
+                                debugger on the last coredump matching
+                                specified characteristics.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                </variablelist>
+
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Matching</title>
+
+                <para>Match can be:</para>
+
+                <variablelist>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><replaceable>PID</replaceable></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Process ID of the
+                                process that dumped
+                                core. An integer.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><replaceable>COMM</replaceable></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Name of the executable
+                                (matches <option>COREDUMP_COMM=</option>).
+                                Must not contain slashes.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><replaceable>EXE</replaceable></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Path to the executable
+                                (matches <option>COREDUMP_EXE=</option>).
+                                Must contain at least one slash.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><replaceable>MATCH</replaceable></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>General journalctl predicates
+                                (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
+                                Must contain an equals sign.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+                </variablelist>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Exit status</title>
+                <para>On success, 0 is returned; otherwise, a non-zero failure
+                code is returned. Not finding any matching coredumps is treated
+                as failure.
+                </para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>See Also</title>
+                <para>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                </para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>