Re: [osol-discuss] dmesg?

2009-03-05 Thread UNIX admin
Hi Is there a tool like linux dmesg for opensolaris? Yes, two in fact! one is tail -f /var/adm/messages and the other less -F /var/adm/messages dmesg also exists, but is unreliable: the buffer is limted, and after a while you will miss information. -- This message posted from

[osol-discuss] dmesg?

2009-03-04 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
Hi Is there a tool like linux dmesg for opensolaris? Thanks Marcelo ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] dmesg?

2009-03-04 Thread Shawn Walker
Marcelo M. Garcia wrote: Hi Is there a tool like linux dmesg for opensolaris? See man dmesg /usr/bin/dmesg Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] dmesg?

2009-03-04 Thread Dennis Clarke
Marcelo M. Garcia wrote: Hi Is there a tool like linux dmesg for opensolaris? See man dmesg /usr/bin/dmesg So long as we keep in mind that it is just a script that outputs the last 200 lines out of the /var/adm/messages* files. Nothing more. Dennis

Re: [osol-discuss] dmesg?

2009-03-04 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Dennis, Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 8:13:40 PM, you wrote: Marcelo M. Garcia wrote: Hi Is there a tool like linux dmesg for opensolaris? See man dmesg /usr/bin/dmesg DC So long as we keep in mind that it is just a script that outputs the last DC 200 lines out of the

Re: [osol-discuss] dmesg?

2009-03-04 Thread solarg
Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Dennis, Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 8:13:40 PM, you wrote: Marcelo M. Garcia wrote: Hi Is there a tool like linux dmesg for opensolaris? See man dmesg /usr/bin/dmesg DC So long as we keep in mind that it is just a script that outputs the last DC 200 lines out

Re: [osol-discuss] dmesg?

2009-03-04 Thread Hugh McIntyre
solarg wrote: Robert Milkowski wrote: # cat linux-dmesg.sh #!/bin/sh echo '$messages' | mdb -k are you sure? sh-3.2# echo '$messages' | mdb -k mdb: failed to open messages (see ::help '$') Perhaps you want: echo ::msgbuf | mdb -k Hugh.