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1.1     ! root        1: .TH DMESG 8
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_nonmortals
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: dmesg \- system diagnostic messages
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /etc/dmesg
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .B -i
        !            12: ]
        !            13: [
        !            14: .I core namelist
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            17: .I Dmesg
        !            18: looks in a system buffer
        !            19: for recent console messages from the operating system
        !            20: and reproduces them on the standard output.
        !            21: Under option
        !            22: .LR - ,
        !            23: .I dmesg
        !            24: produces only those messages printed by the system
        !            25: since the last time
        !            26: .L dmesg\ -
        !            27: was run.
        !            28: It is normally run periodically by
        !            29: .IR cron (8)
        !            30: to produce the error log
        !            31: .FR /usr/adm/messages .
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: Option
        !            34: .B -i
        !            35: prints messages produced since the last
        !            36: .L dmesg\ -
        !            37: without changing any records.
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: If
        !            40: .I core
        !            41: and
        !            42: .I namelist
        !            43: are specified,
        !            44: they are used in place of
        !            45: .F /dev/kmem
        !            46: and
        !            47: .FR /unix .
        !            48: .SH FILES
        !            49: .TF /usr/adm/messages
        !            50: .TP
        !            51: .F /usr/adm/messages
        !            52: error log
        !            53: .br
        !            54: .TP
        !            55: .F /usr/adm/msgbuf
        !            56: record of option
        !            57: .L -
        !            58: .SH BUGS
        !            59: Since the system error message buffer is small,
        !            60: not all error messages
        !            61: are guaranteed to be logged.
        !            62: .br
        !            63: Error messages generated immediately before a system crash
        !            64: may not be logged.

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