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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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