/proc/kmsg - kernel messages
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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.
Name
/proc/kmsg - kernel messages
See Also
proc(5)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 proc_kmsg(5)
