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 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California.
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California.
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"

-.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
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+.\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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 .\"
 .\"

-.\"     @(#)dmesg.8    6.4 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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 .\"
 .\"

-.Dd 
+.\"     @(#)dmesg.8    6.5 (Berkeley) 5/2/91
+.\"
+.Dd May 2, 1991

 .Dt DMESG 8
 .Os BSD 4
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm dmesg
 .Dt DMESG 8
 .Os BSD 4
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm dmesg

-.Nd "collect system diagnostic messages to form error log"
+.Nd "display the system message buffer"

 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm dmesg
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm dmesg

-.Op Fl 
+.Op Fl M Ar core
+.Op Fl N Ar system

 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Sh DESCRIPTION

-.Sy N.B.:
-.Nm Dmesg
-is obsoleted by
-.Xr syslogd 8
-for maintenance of the system error log.
-.Pp

 .Nm Dmesg
 .Nm Dmesg

-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.
+displays the contents of the system message buffer.

 .Pp
 .Pp

-Available option:
+The options are as follows:

 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .Bl -tag -width Ds

-.It Fl
-.Nm Dmesg
-computes (incrementally) the new messages since the last time it
-was run and places these on the standard output.
-.El
-.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /var/log/msgbuf -compact
-.It Pa /var/log/msgbuf
-scratch file for memory of
-.Ql Fl
-option
+.It Fl M
+Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core
+instead of the default ``/dev/kmem''.
+.It Fl N
+Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default
+``/vmunix''.

 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr syslogd 8
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr syslogd 8