proc_kmsg
proc_kmsg(5) File Formats Manual proc_kmsg(5)
NAME
/proc/kmsg - kernel messagesDESCRIPTION
/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)Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 proc_kmsg(5)