proc_kmsg(5) — Linux manual page
proc_kmsg(5) File Formats Manual proc_kmsg(5)
NAME
/proc/kmsg - kernel messages
DESCRIPTION
/proc/kmsg
This file can be used instead of the syslog(2) system call
to read kernel messages. A process must have superuser
privileges to read this file, and only one process should
read this file. This file should not be read if a syslog
process is running which uses the syslog(2) system call
facility to log kernel messages.
Information in this file is retrieved with the dmesg(1)
program.
SEE ALSO
proc(5)
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