How to Capture a Java 32bits Thread Dump on the Windows Platform (Doc ID 437464.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 21, 2021

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Goal

This document provides a small utility, thdump.zip, and an overview of how the utility can be installed and run on a Microsoft Windows platform to request a thread dump from a running Java Virtual Machine (JVM).  Please note this would not work on some 64bits JDK.

The utility is similar in purpose to the using the "kill" command on a UNIX system to send a SIGQUIT signal (3) to the running JVM and works in the same way as pressing CTRL-BREAK in a command prompt window where a java program is running the foreground.

Solution

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