From da964963220dc0b60a0725095fe7c3072a083927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 15:45:02 +0100 Subject: dmesg: add note about -F format to the man page Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- sys-utils/dmesg.1 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'sys-utils/dmesg.1') diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 b/sys-utils/dmesg.1 index 81b9726a6..b87b2301b 100644 --- a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 +++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.1 @@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ Display the local time and the delta in human-readable format. Be aware that conversion to the local time could be inaccurate (see \fB\-T\fR for more details). .IP "\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-file \fIfile\fR" -Read the messages from the given +Read the syslog messages from the given .IR file . +Note that \fB\-F\fR does not support messages in kmsg format. The old syslog format is supported only. .IP "\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-facility \fIlist\fR" Restrict output to the given (comma-separated) .I list -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522