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5: .\" @(#)dmesg.8 6.2 (Berkeley) 5/19/86
6: .\"
7: .TH DMESG 8 "May 19, 1986"
8: .UC 4
9: .SH NAME
10: dmesg \- collect system diagnostic messages to form error log
11: .SH SYNOPSIS
12: .B /etc/dmesg
13: [ \- ]
14: .SH DESCRIPTION
15: .B N.B.:
16: .I Dmesg
17: is obsoleted by
18: .IR syslogd (8)
19: for maintenance of the system error log.
20: .PP
21: .I Dmesg
22: looks in a system buffer for recently printed diagnostic messages
23: and prints them on the standard output.
24: The messages are those printed or logged
25: by the system when errors occur.
26: If the
27: .B \-
28: flag is given, then
29: .I dmesg
30: computes (incrementally) the new messages since the last time it
31: was run and places these on the standard output.
32: .SH FILES
33: .ta 2i
34: /usr/adm/msgbuf scratch file for memory of \- option
35: .SH SEE ALSO
36: syslogd(8)
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