COMMANDS
collect Capture dumps from a process
+ print Prints a previously collected gcdump into the stdout
COLLECT
-v, --verbose
Turns on logging for gcdump
+ --std-out
+ Also writes plaintext results into stdout.
+
Examples:
$ dotnet gcdump collect --process-id 1902
Wrote 12576 bytes to file
Complete
+PRINT
+
+ dotnet-gcdump print -f|--file <input_dump_path>
+
+ Prints a previously collected gcdump into the stdout
+
+ Usage:
+ dotnet-gcdump print [options]
+
+ Options:
+ -f, --file <f> The file to read gcdump from.
+
+Examples:
+
+ $ dotnet gcdump print -f 20200207_094403_19847.gcdump | head -10
+ 1,335,288 (Dump size)
+ 299,845 (Total allocations)
+
+ 55,898 System.String (Bytes > 10K) [System.Private.CoreLib.dll]
+ 32,664 System.Object[] (Bytes > 10K) [System.Private.CoreLib.dll]
+ 31,128 System.Int32[] (Bytes > 10K) [System.Private.CoreLib.dll]
+ 13,816 Entry<System.Type,Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceLookup.CallSiteFactory+ServiceDescriptorCacheItem>[] (Bytes > 10K) [System.Private.CoreLib.dll]
+ 10,368 Entry<System.String,System.String>[] (Bytes > 10K) [System.Private.CoreLib.dll]
+ 8,960 Node<System.Type,Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceLookup.ServiceCallSite>[] (Bytes > 1K) [System.Collections.Concurrent.dll]
+ 8,216 System.Char[] (Bytes > 1K) [System.Private.CoreLib.dll]
+
+
## Future suggestions
Work described in here captures potential future directions these tools could take given time and customer interest. Some of these might come relatively soon, others feel quite speculative or duplicative with existing technology. Regardless, understanding potential future options helps to ensure that we don't unknowingly paint ourselves into a corner or build an incoherent offering.