2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat8/dmesg.0

DMESG(8)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		 DMESG(8)


NAME
     dmesg - collect system diagnostic messages to form error log

SYNOPSIS
     /sbin/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 diagnos-
     tic 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)


Printed 11/24/99	November 17, 1996			1