Is there any library does minidump on Mac?

Question

MiniDump is a great feature for debugging crashes on Windows, especially because it is small, so it can be sent via crash reports. (Window Error Reporting).

But it seems Mac OS X and other BSD system only supports full core dump.

Is there any mini-dump implementation on Mac or BSD system? Or how does Mac software developer analyze customer's crash reports?

Thanks! -Jonny

Answer 1

Yes, you can use Google breakpad, which works on Windows, Mac, and Linux. As an added bonus, the file format it creates is the same as the windows minidump format, no matter what platform it's using - so you can apply your current analysis tools to dumps from windows clients.