Thanks for your reply, Chuck. couple of quick questions:
1) I tried using following to mail the file as attachment (we are also using MS Outlook): mail -s "Subject:test" [EMAIL PROTECTED] < test.log But it sends the output in the body rather than as an attachment. I even tried uuencode but still get in the body. 2) We used jstack before but it was not that useful. So, we returned to using kill -3. Will following work? nexec <server name> kill -3 <process id> Do we need this full command even if i am logged in the server? Thaks for your help Parki Caldarale, Charles R wrote: > >> From: keeplearning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Thread Dumps/ Emailing Results... >> >> So, do i need to supply process id with this command. Like: >> kill -3 <process id>. > > That's one way to do it. My preference is to use the jstack tool from the > JDK, assuming you're running a 1.5 or 1.6 Sun JVM. You still need the > process id, and the JDK includes the jps tool which is easier than wading > through the output of ps. The JDK tools also work on Windows, whereas > kill doesn't normally exist there. > >> Then does the output goes to catalina.out which is our >> log file > > The output of kill -3 is sent to stdout or stderr (I forget which), which > *may* be redirected to catalina.out, depending on your Tomcat > configuration. The jstack output goes to your command window, rather than > any of Tomcat's files. > >> And do i need to be in specific directory to run >> this command? > > No, as long as the command you're using (kill or jstack) is in your PATH. > >> 2) once the thread dumps are in catalina.out, how do i mail >> the catalina.out as an attachment? > > Edit it first to remove everything but the stack trace. (Another reason > to use jstack.) How you mail it depends on your mail client and what > additional information you need to provide. (I usually just insert the > file as text, but then I'm using the corporate standard MS Outlook rather > than any Linux mailer.) If you really need to make the whole log > available, posting it on a web site somewhere may be preferable to dumping > it in an e-mail. > > - Chuck > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you > received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail > and its attachments from all computers. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Thread-Dumps--Emailing-Results...-tp20282144p20283039.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
