proc_kmsg(5) — Linux manual page

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proc_kmsg(5)               File Formats Manual              proc_kmsg(5)

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       /proc/kmsg - kernel messages

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       /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.

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       proc(5)

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Linux man-pages 6.9.1          2024-05-02                   proc_kmsg(5)