# phpman > pydoc > faulthandler

Help on built-in module faulthandler:

## NAME
    faulthandler - faulthandler module.

## FUNCTIONS
### cancel_dump_traceback_later
        cancel_dump_traceback_later():
        cancel the previous call to dump_traceback_later().

### disable
        disable(): disable the fault handler

### dump_traceback
        dump_traceback(file=sys.stderr, all_threads=True): dump the traceback of the current thread, or of all threads if all_threads is True, into file

### dump_traceback_later
        dump_traceback_later(timeout, repeat=False, file=sys.stderrn, exit=False):
        dump the traceback of all threads in timeout seconds,
        or each timeout seconds if repeat is True. If exit is True, call [_exit(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/exit/1/markdown) which is not safe.

### enable
        enable(file=sys.stderr, all_threads=True): enable the fault handler

### is_enabled
        is_enabled()->bool: check if the handler is enabled

### register
        register(signum, file=sys.stderr, all_threads=True, chain=False): register a handler for the signal 'signum': dump the traceback of the current thread, or of all threads if all_threads is True, into file

### unregister
        unregister(signum): unregister the handler of the signal 'signum' registered by register()

## FILE
    (built-in)