Technical data

System Dump Analyzer
/RELEASE
/RELEASE
Invokes SDA to release those blocks in the specified system paging file occupied
by a crash dump.
Format
/RELEASE filespec
Parameter
filespec
Name of the system page file (SYS$SYSTEM:PAGEFILE.SYS). The default file
specification is:
SYS$DISK:[default-dir]SYSDUMP.DMP
SYS$DISK and [default-dir] represent the disk and directory specified in your
last SET DEFAULT command. If you do not specify filespec, SDA prompts you
for it.
Description
You use the /RELEASE qualifier to release from the system paging file those
blocks occupied by a crash dump. When invoked with the /RELEASE qualifier,
SDA immediately deletes the dump from the paging file and allows no opportunity
to analyze its contents.
When you specify the /RELEASE qualifier in the ANALYZE command, you must
also do the following:
1. Use the /CRASH_DUMP qualifier.
2. Include the name of the system paging file (SYS$SYSTEM:PAGEFILE.SYS)
as the filespec.
If you do not specify the system paging file or the specified paging file does not
contain a dump, SDA generates the following messages:
%SDA-E-BLKSNRLSD, no dump blocks in page file to release, or not page file
%SDA-E-NOTPAGFIL, specified file is not the page file
Example
$ ANALYZE/CRASH_DUMP/RELEASE SYS$SYSTEM:PAGEFILE.SYS
This command invokes SDA to release to the paging file those blocks in
SYS$SYSTEM:PAGEFILE.SYS occupied by a crash dump.
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