### Obtain a Dump File

Note: This section applies only to OS/2.

The end user who is experiencing the unanticipated exception or trap must load the application under the dump collector utility, ITRAPPER. When the program fails, ITRAPPER creates a dump file. If the failure is recoverable (for example, some OS/2 exceptions), ITRAPPER lets the program continue running, and subsequent failures result in new dump files being created. For unrecoverable exceptions and for traps, ITRAPPER terminates the application after creating the dump file.

You need to ship the ITRAPPER utility with your program. This utility is part of the OS/2 version of the product. If you want to change ITRAPPER's default parameters, you also need to provide a parameter file.

Debug Dump Files
Start ITRAPPER

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