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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | |||||||||
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE. | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | |||||||||
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.\" @(#)dmesg.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 | .\" @(#)dmesg.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 | |||||||||
.\" $FreeBSD$ | .\" $FreeBSD$ | |||||||||
.\" | .\" | |||||||||
.Dd October 3, 2016 | .Dd May 6, 2022 | |||||||||
.Dt DMESG 8 | .Dt DMESG 8 | |||||||||
.Os | .Os | |||||||||
.Sh NAME | .Sh NAME | |||||||||
.Nm dmesg | .Nm dmesg | |||||||||
.Nd "display the system message buffer" | .Nd "display the system message buffer" | |||||||||
.Sh SYNOPSIS | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |||||||||
.Nm | .Nm | |||||||||
.Op Fl ac | .Op Fl ac | |||||||||
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Clear the kernel buffer after printing. | Clear the kernel buffer after printing. | |||||||||
.It Fl M | .It Fl M | |||||||||
Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core. | Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core. | |||||||||
.It Fl N | .It Fl N | |||||||||
If | If | |||||||||
.Fl M | .Fl M | |||||||||
is also specified, | is also specified, | |||||||||
extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default, | extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default, | |||||||||
which is the kernel image the system has booted from. | which is the kernel image the system has booted from. | |||||||||
.El | ||||||||||
.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES | ||||||||||
The following | ||||||||||
.Xr sysctl 8 | ||||||||||
variables can be used to control the behavior of the kernel's placing data into | ||||||||||
rpokala: "The kernel's placing data" sounds... wrong. I can't quite put my finger on why. :-S
In any… | ||||||||||
allanjudeUnsubmitted Not Done Inline ActionsAny of Ravi's 3 recommendations sounds much better to me as well allanjude: Any of Ravi's 3 recommendations sounds much better to me as well | ||||||||||
the message buffer: | ||||||||||
The default value is shown next to each variable. | ||||||||||
.Bl -tag -width indent | ||||||||||
.It kern.msgbuf_show_timestamp : No 0 | ||||||||||
If set to 1, then a timestamp will be added to most lines in the message buffer. | ||||||||||
This may also be set as a boot | ||||||||||
.Xr loader 8 | ||||||||||
tunable. | ||||||||||
.El | .El | |||||||||
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Having a sentence ending in . between one ending in : and the list : says follows looks wrong. pauamma_gundo.com: Having a sentence ending in . between one ending in : and the list : says follows looks wrong. | ||||||||||
.Sh FILES | .Sh FILES | |||||||||
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/dmesg.boot" -compact | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/dmesg.boot" -compact | |||||||||
.It Pa /var/run/dmesg.boot | .It Pa /var/run/dmesg.boot | |||||||||
usually a snapshot of the buffer contents | usually a snapshot of the buffer contents | |||||||||
taken soon after file systems are mounted | taken soon after file systems are mounted | |||||||||
at startup time | at startup time | |||||||||
.El | .El | |||||||||
.Sh SEE ALSO | .Sh SEE ALSO | |||||||||
.Xr sysctl 3 , | .Xr sysctl 3 , | |||||||||
.Xr syslogd 8 | .Xr syslogd 8 | |||||||||
.Sh HISTORY | .Sh HISTORY | |||||||||
The | The | |||||||||
.Nm | .Nm | |||||||||
utility appeared in | utility appeared in | |||||||||
.Bx 3 . | .Bx 3 . |
"The kernel's placing data" sounds... wrong. I can't quite put my finger on why. :-S
In any case, perhaps one of these alternate phrasings?
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