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# 1.2. About this HOWTO

This documentation was written because there was no document describing the usage of lcrash. It was started in June 2001. After creation of first draft versions written in LaTeX it was decided to use sgml and DocBook 4.1 in order to be compliant with the LDP (Linux Documentation Project). At this step not only the conversion from TeX to DocBook was made but there were also added a couple of sections.

This HOWTO covers lcrash version as of LKCD version 4.0.

The documentation is split into several chapters. The next chapter gives information of where to get the code, and how to compile and install the program. In Chapter 3 the general usage of lcrash is described. Chapter 4 is a reference of lcrash commands. Besides descriptions of all lcrash commands there are also provided many examples for several commands.

To complete the practical benefit of the documentation a Chapter 5 was included, which describes how to use lcrash in special situations of analyzing Linux kernel dumps.

If you have any questions regarding this document, its copyright, or publishing this document in non-electronic form, please contact `<aherrman@de.ibm.com>`.

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