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



[1mNAME
     [0mdmesg - collect system diagnostic messages to form error log

[1mSYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/dmesg [0m[ - ]

[1mDESCRIPTION
     N.B.: [0m_D_m_e_s_g is obsoleted by _s_y_s_l_o_g_d(8) for maintenance of
     the system error log.

     _D_m_e_s_g 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 super user gives the [1m- [0mflag, then
     _d_m_e_s_g computes (incrementally) the new messages since the
     last time it was run and places these on the standard out-
     put.

[1mFILES
     [0m/var/adm/msgbuf	 scratch file for memory of - option

[1mSEE ALSO
     [0msyslogd(8)
































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