crashreporterd(8) BSD System Manager's Manual crashreporterd(8)

NAME
     ccrraasshhrreeppoorrtteerrdd - crash detection and panic logging daemon

SYNOPSIS
     ccrraasshhrreeppoorrtteerrdd

DESCRIPTION
     ccrraasshhrreeppoorrtteerrdd is the daemon responsible for detecting application
     crashes.  ccrraasshhrreeppoorrtteerrdd listens for mach exceptions and when it detects
     a mach exception launches ccrraasshhdduummpp to investigate the crash and report
     it to the user.

     ccrraasshhrreeppoorrtteerrdd is also responsible for writing panic information to
     /Library/Logs/panic.log when the system is rebooted after a panic.

     ccrraasshhrreeppoorrtteerrdd should only be started at boot time by the CrashReporter
     startup item - killing or restarting ccrraasshhrreeppoorrtteerrdd at any other time
     will lead to upredictable behavior when an application crashes.  Adminis-
     trators can edit the CRASHREPORTER entry in /etc/hostconfig to prevent
     ccrraasshhrreeppoorrtteerrdd from starting at boot time.

FILES
     /usr/libexec/crashreporterd                  daemon
     /System/Library/StartupItems/CrashReporter/  startup item
     /etc/hostconfig                              configuration
     /Library/Logs/panic.log                      panic log

SEE ALSO
     crashdump(8)

Darwin                         September 7, 2004                        Darwin