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'''dmesg''' (for "diagnostic message") is a [[:Category:Linux Command Line Tools|command]] that prints the message buffer of the kernel. This buffer contains a variety of important messages from those printed during boot to those used for debugging software. This information may also be stored to disk via a logging daemon, such as <code>syslog</code>.
 
'''dmesg''' (for "diagnostic message") is a [[:Category:Linux Command Line Tools|command]] that prints the message buffer of the kernel. This buffer contains a variety of important messages from those printed during boot to those used for debugging software. This information may also be stored to disk via a logging daemon, such as <code>syslog</code>.
  
== See also ==
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==See also==
* syslogd
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[[Category:Linux Command Line Tools]]

Latest revision as of 01:57, 26 April 2007

dmesg (for "diagnostic message") is a command that prints the message buffer of the kernel. This buffer contains a variety of important messages from those printed during boot to those used for debugging software. This information may also be stored to disk via a logging daemon, such as syslog.

See also

  • syslogd