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abrt-action-generate-backtrace(1)
=================================

NAME
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abrt-action-generate-backtrace - Analyzes coredump, generates and saves backtrace.

SYNOPSIS
--------
'abrt-action-generate-backtrace' [-v] [-d DIR] [-i DIR1[:DIR2]...] [-t NUM]

DESCRIPTION
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This tool runs gdb(1) on a file named 'coredump' in dump directory DIR.
gdb(1) generates backtrace and other diagnostic information about the state
of the application at the moment when coredump was generated.
Then the tool saves it as new element 'backtrace' in this dump directory.

Integration with ABRT events
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'abrt-action-generate-backtrace' can be used as an analyzer for
application crashes which dump core.

Example usage in abrt_event.conf:

------------
EVENT=analyze analyzer=CCpp
        abrt-action-generate-backtrace
------------

OPTIONS
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-d DIR::
   Path to dump directory.

-v::
   Be more verbose. Can be given multiple times.

-i DIR1[:DIR2]::
   Additional debuginfo directories

-t NUM::
   Kill gdb if it runs for more than NUM seconds

AUTHORS
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* ABRT team