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.SH "NAME"
i3-dump-log \- dumps the i3 SHM log
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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i3\-dump\-log [\-s <socketpath>] [\-f]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Debug versions of i3 automatically use 1% of your RAM (but 25 MiB max) to store full debug log output\&. This is extremely helpful for bugreports and figuring out what is going on, without permanently logging to a file\&.
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With i3\-dump\-log, you can dump the SHM log to stdout\&.
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The \-f flag works like tail \-f, i\&.e\&. the process does not terminate after dumping the log, but prints new lines as they appear\&.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
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i3\-dump\-log | gzip \-9 > /tmp/i3\-log\&.gz
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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i3(1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Michael Stapelberg and contributors