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author | Karel Zak | 2006-12-07 00:25:35 +0100 |
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committer | Karel Zak | 2006-12-07 00:25:35 +0100 |
commit | 2b6fc908bc368b540845a313c3b8a867c5ad9a42 (patch) | |
tree | 6fad48a239bc90515a5dc4084d6e3c3ee1f41e29 /sys-utils/dmesg.8 | |
parent | Imported from util-linux-2.7.1 tarball. (diff) | |
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diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.8 b/sys-utils/dmesg.8 index d2e4ce1bc..f453d7145 100644 --- a/sys-utils/dmesg.8 +++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.8 @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ .\" Copyright 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License -.TH DMESG 8 "28 October 1993" "Linux 0.99" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH DMESG 8 .SH NAME dmesg \- print or control the kernel ring buffer .SH SYNOPSIS -.BI "dmesg [ \-c ] [ \-n " level " ]" +.BI "dmesg [ \-c ] [ \-n " level " ] [ \-s " bufsize " ]" .SH DESCRIPTION .B dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ file to whoever can debug their problem. .B \-c clear the ring buffer contents after printing. .TP +.BI \-s bufsize +use a buffer of bufsize to query the kernel ring buffer. This is +8196 by default (this matches the default kernel syslog buffer size in +2.0.33 and 2.1.103). If you have set the kernel buffer to larger than +the default then this option can be used to view the entire buffer. +.TP .BI \-n level set the .I level |