Mention DOTNET_ env vars first in collect-dumps-crash.md #46788
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Since .NET 7 the standardized prefix is `DOTNET_` so we should mention that variant first.
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| |`COMPlus_EnableCrashReport` or `DOTNET_EnableCrashReport`|(Requires .NET 6 or later; not supported on Windows.)<br/>If set to 1, the runtime generates a JSON-formatted crash report that includes information about the threads and stack frames of the crashing application. The crash report name is the dump path or name with *.crashreport.json* appended.| | | ||
| |`COMPlus_CreateDumpVerboseDiagnostics` or `DOTNET_CreateDumpVerboseDiagnostics`|(Requires .NET 7 or later.)<br/>If set to 1, enables verbose diagnostic logging of the dump process.|0| | ||
| |`COMPlus_CreateDumpLogToFile` or `DOTNET_CreateDumpLogToFile`|(Requires .NET 7 or later.)<br/>The path of the file to which the diagnostic messages should be written. | If unset, the diagnostic messages are written to the console of the crashing application. | | ||
| |`DOTNET_DbgEnableMiniDump` or `COMPlus_DbgEnableMiniDump`|If set to 1, enable core dump generation.|0| |
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I do think we need to mention COMPlus at all. All supported versions understand the DOTNET_ prefix.
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| |`DOTNET_DbgMiniDumpName` or `COMPlus_DbgMiniDumpName`|Path to a file to write the dump to. Ensure that the user under which the dotnet process is running has write permissions to the specified directory.|`/tmp/coredump.<pid>`| | ||
| |`DOTNET_CreateDumpDiagnostics` or `COMPlus_CreateDumpDiagnostics`|If set to 1, enables diagnostic logging of dump process.|0| | ||
| |`DOTNET_EnableCrashReport` or `COMPlus_EnableCrashReport`|(Requires .NET 6 or later; not supported on Windows.)<br/>If set to 1, the runtime generates a JSON-formatted crash report that includes information about the threads and stack frames of the crashing application. The crash report name is the dump path or name with *.crashreport.json* appended.| | | ||
| |`DOTNET_CreateDumpVerboseDiagnostics` or `COMPlus_CreateDumpVerboseDiagnostics`|(Requires .NET 7 or later.)<br/>If set to 1, enables verbose diagnostic logging of the dump process.|0| |
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I would drop "Requires .NET 7 or later.". We do not need to maintain docs for versions that have been out of support for a while.
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| > [!NOTE] | ||
| > .NET 7 standardizes on the prefix `DOTNET_` instead of `COMPlus_` for these environment variables. However, the `COMPlus_` prefix will continue to work. If you're using a previous version of the .NET runtime, you should still use the `COMPlus_` prefix for environment variables. |
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| > [!NOTE] | |
| > .NET 7 standardizes on the prefix `DOTNET_` instead of `COMPlus_` for these environment variables. However, the `COMPlus_` prefix will continue to work. If you're using a previous version of the .NET runtime, you should still use the `COMPlus_` prefix for environment variables. |
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Since .NET 7 the standardized prefix is
DOTNET_so we should mention that variant first.Internal previews