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.\" @(#)dmesg.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd June 5, 1993
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.Dt DMESG 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm dmesg
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.Nd "display the system message buffer"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl a
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.Op Fl M Ar core Op Fl N Ar system
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility displays the contents of the system message buffer.
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If the
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.Fl M
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option is not specified, the buffer is read from the currently running kernel
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via the
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.Xr sysctl 3
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interface.
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Otherwise, the buffer is read from the specified core file,
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using the name list from the specified kernel image (or from
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the default image).
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl a
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Show all data in the message buffer.
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This includes any syslog records and
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.Pa /dev/console
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output.
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.It Fl M
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Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core.
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.It Fl N
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If
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.Fl M
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is also specified,
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extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default,
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which is the kernel image the system has booted from.
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/dmesg.boot" -compact
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.It Pa /var/run/dmesg.boot
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usually a snapshot of the buffer contents
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taken soon after file systems are mounted
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at startup time
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sysctl 3 ,
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.Xr syslogd 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility appeared in
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.Bx 4.0 .
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