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Date:      Sat, 25 Jul 2020 03:25:02 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How to see shutdown log
Message-ID:  <20200725032502.5e0a272b.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <5F1B8399.6000502@gmail.com>
References:  <5F1B8399.6000502@gmail.com>

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On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 20:58:01 -0400, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> When you boot the system a bunch of messages roll across the screen to 
> fast to read. The dmesg -a command will show these to you to read at 
> your own pace. When you issue the shutdown or halt command a bunch of 
> different messages roll across the screen to fast to read.
> 
> Is there a way view these messages after the system comes back up later?

Yes, those are located to /var/log/messages, as long as
filesystem access is possible; the last kernel messages
therefore aren't being logged.



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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