4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat8/dmesg.0

DMESG(8)                                                              DMESG(8)


NAME
       dmesg - collect system diagnostic messages to form error log

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/dmesg [ - ]

DESCRIPTION
       N.B.:  Dmesg  is  obsoleted by syslogd(8) for maintenance of the system
       error log.

       Dmesg looks in a system buffer for recently printed diagnostic messages
       and prints them on the standard output.  The messages are those printed
       or logged by the system when errors occur.  If the  -  flag  is  given,
       then  dmesg  computes  (incrementally)  the new messages since the last
       time it was run and places these on the standard output.

FILES
       /usr/adm/msgbuf     scratch file for memory of - option

SEE ALSO
       syslogd(8)


4th Berkeley Distribution        May 19, 1986                         DMESG(8)