From 74e1fa6daf8f0ba556c28fa4eeb8b3890f1c145f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ru Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:24:45 +0000 Subject: Not too much point specifying -N but not specifying -M. --- sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8 | 22 ++++++++++------------ sbin/dmesg/dmesg.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'sbin/dmesg') diff --git a/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8 b/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8 index 45b605f..a7fa95e 100644 --- a/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8 +++ b/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8 @@ -41,22 +41,19 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl a -.Op Fl M Ar core -.Op Fl N Ar system +.Op Fl M Ar core Op Fl N Ar system .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility displays the contents of the system message buffer. -If neither the -.Fl N -nor the +If the .Fl M -option is specified, the buffer is read from the currently running kernel +option is not specified, the buffer is read from the currently running kernel via the .Xr sysctl 3 interface. -Otherwise, the buffer is read from the specified core file (or from the -default one), using the name list from the specified kernel image (or from +Otherwise, the buffer is read from the specified core file, +using the name list from the specified kernel image (or from the default image). .Pp The options are as follows: @@ -67,11 +64,12 @@ This includes any syslog records and .Pa /dev/console output. .It Fl M -Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core -instead of the default -.Pa /dev/kmem . +Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core. .It Fl N -Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default, +If +.Fl M +is also specified, +extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default, which is the kernel image the system has booted from. .El .Sh FILES diff --git a/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.c b/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.c index 57f543b..08cc732 100644 --- a/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.c +++ b/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.c @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) argc -= optind; argv += optind; - if (memf == NULL && nlistf == NULL) { + if (memf == NULL) { /* * Running kernel. Use sysctl. This gives an unwrapped * buffer as a side effect. @@ -196,6 +196,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) void usage(void) { - (void)fprintf(stderr, "usage: dmesg [-a] [-M core] [-N system]\n"); + (void)fprintf(stderr, "usage: dmesg [-a] [-M core [-N system]]\n"); exit(1); } -- cgit v1.1