System Crash Dump

Windows NT Only

The Platform SDK contains two tools that you can use with the system crash dump files produced by Windows NT and the Dr. Watson utility. DUMPCHK is a command-line utility that you can use to verify that a dump file has been created correctly. DUMPCHK does not require access to symbols. DUMPREF is a command-line utility that you can use to make a reference to a system crash dump file that can be easily used by a remote debugger. This reference contains the location of the crash dump file and the symbols.

The following is the command-line syntax for DUMPCHK:

dumpchk [-v] [-p] [-q] CrashDumpFile
 

-v

Verbose mode.

-p

Print header only; perform no validation.

-q

Perform a quick test.

CrashDumpFile

The crash dump file.

The following is the command-line syntax for DUMPREF:

dumpref [-d DestFile] SourceFile SymbolPath
 

-d DestFile

Specifies the destination dump file name, DestFile.

SourceFile

The system crash dump file.

SymbolPath

The path to the symbol files.