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| author | Karel Zak | 2011-07-01 13:24:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2011-07-01 13:36:11 +0200 |
| commit | 4a3b794968ae5b327f4a62a85afedd3b86a9373d (patch) | |
| tree | 3a04923394b339cf808ce0a327c1dab42f912e40 /sys-utils/dmesg.1 | |
| parent | libblkid: add docs for new PART_ENTRY_* values (diff) | |
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dmesg: add long options, --help and --version
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/dmesg.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/dmesg.1 | 42 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 b/sys-utils/dmesg.1 index d7af1dad1..c56bc9e57 100644 --- a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 +++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.1 @@ -5,12 +5,7 @@ dmesg \- print or control the kernel ring buffer .SH SYNOPSIS .B dmesg -.RB [ \-c ] -.RB [ \-r ] -.RB [ \-n -.IR level ] -.RB [ \-s -.IR bufsize ] +.RB [ options ] .SH DESCRIPTION .B dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. @@ -24,23 +19,11 @@ and mail the .I boot.messages file to whoever can debug their problem. .SH OPTIONS -.TP -.B \-c +.IP "\fB\-c, \-\-read-clear\fP" Clear the ring buffer contents after printing. -.TP -.B \-r -Print the raw message buffer, i.e., don't strip the log level prefixes. -.TP -.BI \-s " bufsize" -Use a buffer of size -.I bufsize -to query the kernel ring buffer. This is 16392 by default. -(The default kernel syslog buffer size was 4096 -at first, 8192 since 1.3.54, 16384 since 2.1.113.) -If you have set the kernel buffer to be larger than the default -then this option can be used to view the entire buffer. -.TP -.BI \-n " level" +.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP" +Print a help text and exit. +.IP "\fB\-n, \-\-console-level \fIlevel\fP Set the .I level at which logging of messages is done to the console. For example, @@ -58,9 +41,18 @@ option is used, will .I not print or clear the kernel ring buffer. - -When both options are used, only the last option on the command line will -have an effect. +.IP "\fB\-r, \-\-raw\fP" +Print the raw message buffer, i.e., don't strip the log level prefixes. +.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-buffer-size \fIsize\fP +Use a buffer of +.I size +to query the kernel ring buffer. This is 16392 by default. +(The default kernel syslog buffer size was 4096 +at first, 8192 since 1.3.54, 16384 since 2.1.113.) +If you have set the kernel buffer to be larger than the default +then this option can be used to view the entire buffer. +.IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP" +Output version information and exit. .SH SEE ALSO .BR syslogd (8) .\" .SH AUTHOR |