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35.Dd June 5, 1993
36.Dt DMESG 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm dmesg
40.Nd "display the system message buffer"
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl a
44.Op Fl M Ar core
45.Op Fl N Ar system
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47.Nm Dmesg
48displays the contents of the system message buffer.
49If neither the
50.Fl N
51nor the
52.Fl M
53option is specified, the buffer is read from the currently running kernel
54via the
55.Xr sysctl 3
56interface.
57Otherwise, the buffer is read from the specified core file (or from the
58default one), using the name list from the specified kernel image (or from
59the default image).
60.Pp
61The options are as follows:
62.Bl -tag -width indent
63.It Fl a
64Show all data in the message buffer.
65This includes any syslog records and
66.Pa /dev/console
67output.
68.It Fl M
69Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core
70instead of the default
71.Pa /dev/kmem .
72.It Fl N
73Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default,
74which is the kernel image the system has booted from.
75.El
76.Sh FILES
77.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/dmesg.boot" -compact
78.It Pa /var/run/dmesg.boot
79usually a snapshot of the buffer contents
80taken soon after filesystems are mounted
81at startup time
82.El
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr sysctl 3 ,
85.Xr syslogd 8
86.Sh HISTORY
87The
88.Nm
89command appeared in
90.Bx 4.0 .
91