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proc_kmsg

Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: 202-0-08
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NAME

/proc/kmsg - kernel messages  

DESCRIPTION

/proc/kmsg

This file can be used instead of the syslog(2) system call to read kernel messages. A process must have superuser privileges to read this file, and only one process should read this file. This file should not be read if a syslog process is running which uses the syslog(2) system call facility to log kernel messages.

Information in this file is retrieved with the dmesg(1) program.

 

SEE ALSO

proc(5)

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