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DMESG(8)                NetBSD System Manager's Manual                DMESG(8)


NAME

     dmesg - display the system message buffer


SYNOPSIS

     dmesg [-M core] [-N system]


DESCRIPTION

     dmesg displays the contents of the system message buffer.

     The options are as follows:

     -M      Extract values associated with the name list from the specified
             core instead of the default ``/dev/mem''.

     -N      Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the
             default ``/netbsd''.


FILES

     /var/run/dmesg.boot  copy of dmesg at the time of last boot.


SEE ALSO

     syslogd(8)


HISTORY

     The dmesg command appeared in 4.0BSD.

4th Berkeley Distribution        June 5, 1993                                1