NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     dmesg - display the system message buffer

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     dmesg [-M core] [-N system]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     dmesg displays the contents of the  system  message  buffer.
It is most
     commonly used to review system startup messages.

     The options are as follows:

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

     -N system
             Extract the name list from the specified system  instead of the
             default /bsd.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /var/run/dmesg.boot  copy of dmesg created at boot

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     syslogd(8)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The dmesg command appeared in 4.0BSD.

OpenBSD      3.6                           June      5,      1993