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files in that directory, including files contained in the directory's

subdirectories. If no files are found in a specified directory, the utility

does not perform file collection for that directory and does not create a

directory for it in the destination directory.

• Set up the specified file or directory so that it can be read by users with

root permissions. The

DLMgetras

utility can only obtain information

for a file or directory that can be read.

-h

Displays the format of the

DLMgetras

utility.

Note

• Because

DLMgetras

first stores error information in the specified output

directory before compressing, ensure that information collection areas allocated

are of adequate size.

• If the specified directory to which collected information is output already exists,

an overwrite confirmation message is displayed. Responding by entering

instructs the

DLMgetras

utility to overwrite the existing files; entering

(or

anything other than

) instructs the utility to terminate without executing.

In the latter case, you can either rename the existing directory before re-executing

the utility, or you can execute the utility with a different directory name specified.

• If you create an archive for the system crash dump collected by the

DLMgetras

utility, execute the following:

# cd

directory-to-which-collected-information-is-output

# tar cvfh

archive-file-name

./var

7.2.3 List of Collected Error Information

The following illustrates the error information collected by executing the

DLMgetras

utility, which is explained separately in each output file.

• Name-of-the-directory-containing-a-system-crash-dump-file/

name-of-the-system-crash-dump-file
This file contains a symbolic link to the system crash dump file.
The

DLMgetras

utility executes the

sysdumpdev

-l

command and sets all files

in the directories that are output to the

copy