---
name: "minicoredumper"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "minicoredumper"
version: "2.0.7-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/minicoredumper"
---

# minicoredumper(1)

create a customized minimal core(5) dump

## NAME

minicoredumper - create a customized minimal [**core**(5)](/core/5.md) dump

## SYNOPSIS

**minicoredumper** *pid* *uid* *gid* *signal* *timestamp* *hostname* *executable* \[*configuration-file*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**minicoredumper** provides a highly configurable core dump mechanism. This program is intended to be executed by the Linux [**core**(5)](/core/5.md) dump facility. By default the main configuration file is:

/etc/minicoredumper/minicoredumper.cfg.json

but can be overridden if the optional 8th argument is specified.

**minicoredumper** uses [**syslog**(3)](/syslog/3.md) to log its activity. The syslog *ident* is "minicoredumper" and the syslog *facility* is *LOG\_SYSLOG*.

## EXAMPLE

Setup **minicoredumper** to be used for [**core**(5)](/core/5.md) dumps.

```
echo '|/usr/sbin/minicoredumper %P %u %g %s %t %h %e' > \
     /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
```

## FILES

/etc/minicoredumper/minicoredumper.cfg.json

## SEE ALSO

[**libminicoredumper**(7)](/libminicoredumper/7.md), [**minicoredumper.cfg.json**(5)](/minicoredumper.cfg.json/5.md)

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