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.\" @(#)dmesg.8 6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
dmesg \- collect system diagnostic messages to form error log
for maintenance of the system error log.
looks in a system buffer for recently printed diagnostic messages
and prints them on the standard output.
The messages are those printed or logged
by the system when errors occur.
computes (incrementally) the new messages since the last time it
was run and places these on the standard output.
/usr/adm/msgbuf scratch file for memory of \- option