147462Scael.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California. 247462Scael.\" All rights reserved. 318860Smckusick.\" 447462Scael.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 518860Smckusick.\" 6*48966Sbostic.\" @(#)dmesg.8 6.5 (Berkeley) 05/02/91 747462Scael.\" 847462Scael.Dd 947462Scael.Dt DMESG 8 1047462Scael.Os BSD 4 1147462Scael.Sh NAME 1247462Scael.Nm dmesg 13*48966Sbostic.Nd "display the system message buffer" 1447462Scael.Sh SYNOPSIS 1547462Scael.Nm dmesg 16*48966Sbostic.Op Fl M Ar core 17*48966Sbostic.Op Fl N Ar system 1847462Scael.Sh DESCRIPTION 1947462Scael.Nm Dmesg 20*48966Sbosticdisplays the contents of the system message buffer. 2147462Scael.Pp 22*48966SbosticThe options are as follows: 2347462Scael.Bl -tag -width Ds 24*48966Sbostic.It Fl M 25*48966SbosticExtract values associated with the name list from the specified core 26*48966Sbosticinstead of the default ``/dev/kmem''. 27*48966Sbostic.It Fl N 28*48966SbosticExtract the name list from the specified system instead of the default 29*48966Sbostic``/vmunix''. 3047462Scael.El 3147462Scael.Sh SEE ALSO 3247462Scael.Xr syslogd 8 3347462Scael.Sh HISTORY 3447462ScaelThe 3547462Scael.Nm 3647462Scaelcommand appeared in 3747462Scael.Bx 4.0 . 38