Re: dmesg: What file?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sebastian Canagaratna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi: I was under the impression that the command dmesg >just typed out the contents of /var/log/kern.log. This >does not seem to be true. What is the file which dmesg >is displaying? I believe the kernel keeps a cir

Re: dmesg: What file?

Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > Hi: I was under the impression that the command dmesg just typed out the > contents of /var/log/kern.log. This does not seem to be true. What is the > file which dmesg is displaying? It uses the klogd to display the information (kernel log daemon). Try strace/ltrace

dmesg: What file?

Hi: I was under the impression that the command dmesg just typed out the contents of /var/log/kern.log. This does not seem to be true. What is the file which dmesg is displaying? Sebastian Canagaratna Department of Chemistry Ohio NOrthern University Ada, OH 45810