kjdelisle / run-and-dump

A simple Powershell script to run an arbitrary process, along with supplied arguments for some time, generate a dump of that process, and then terminate it.

Run and Dump

This script will run a provided program, along with any required arguments, for a specified sleep period in seconds (or for 10 seconds if omitted), and write to a specified dumpFile (or use the procdump defaults if omitted).

Parameters:

• program: The program to run
• params: The string that represents the program arguments
• sleepTime: The duration (in seconds) to sleep. Defaults to 10 if omitted
• dumpFile: The filePath to write the dump file to. Uses procdump defaults if omitted.

Examples:

Powershell Session

runAndDump.ps1 -program node -params run.js -sleepTime 30 -dumpFile crazyAwesomeBinaryDump.dmp

Command Prompt (cmd.exe)

Powershell -File runAndDump.ps1 -program node -params run.js -sleepTime 30 -dumpFile crazyAwesomeBinaryDump.dmp

NOTE: If your system doesn't allow execution of Powershell scripts by default, you can bypass this (with administrative rights) by running like so:

Powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File runAndDump.ps1 -program node -params run.js -sleepTime 30 -dumpFile crazyAwesomeBinaryDump.dmp