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.TH dmesg 1M "9 Jul 2003" "SunOS 5.11" "System Administration Commands"
.SH NAME
dmesg \- collect system diagnostic messages to form error log
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/bin/dmesg\fR 
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/sbin/dmesg\fR 
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
\fBdmesg\fR is made obsolete by \fBsyslogd\fR(1M) for maintenance of the system
error log.
.sp
.LP
\fBdmesg\fR looks in a system buffer for recently printed diagnostic messages
and prints them on the standard output.
.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBsyslogd\fR(1M), \fBattributes\fR(5)