proc_kmsg

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)

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