FS_MINIDUMP(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie 💖 welcome to FS_MINIDUMP(1) from the AFS Command Reference — the manual page for fs_minidump, which generates a minidump from the current afsd service. no cap, that's the whole name.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fs minidump [-help]

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

the way that this works — fs minidump generates a mini dump file containing the current stack of the afsd_service.exe process. This output can be very helpful when debugging the AFS Client Service when it is unresponsive to SMB/CIFS requests. iykyk 😭

If the AFS Client Service becomes unresponsive to any form of communication, there may be a serious error that can only be diagnosed by someone with access to the source code and a debugger. The fs minidump command can be used to force the generation of a MiniDump file containing the state of all of the threads in the AFS Client Service process. it's giving “call an adult” energy, fr fr 💀

The MiniDumpType registry value can be used to adjust the scope of the process information included within the dump file. lowkey iconic that you can tune the scope like that ✨

In a standard install, the default location for the dump file is %windir%\temp. write that down, bestie 🎀

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⚠️ CAUTIONS ⚠️

heads up bestie: this command is only available in OpenAFS for Windows version 1.4 and later. periodt. 💅

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -help — prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored — literally ignored, bestie 🙈

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

fs(1) — go peek at the big-sis page for more 👑

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright 2007 Jason Edgecombe <jason@rampaginggeek.com>

This documentation is covered by the BSD License as written in the doc/LICENSE file. This man page was written by Jason Edgecombe for OpenAFS.

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mwah 💋 — this page is brought to you by OpenAFS, dated 2026-06-25, and filed under FS_MINIDUMP(1). 🫶