slog2info

Display messages from the system log

Syntax:

slog2info [options]

-b bset1,bset2,...: Parse only the logs of the given buffer set names.
-c: Clear the live slog2 buffers. You can use this option with -b to clear specific buffer sets.
-h: Display a usage message.
-i: Display information about a buffer set specified by the -l option.
-l filename: ("el") The buffer set file to parse. The filename argument must be the full path of a file under /dev/shmem/slogger2/.
-r [resetfilename]: Display logs preserved through the most recent reset. Optionally specify a reset file to display logs from another reset.
-w: Wait mode; listen for new prints.

The slog2info utility displays the contents of the system log buffer managed by slogger2 , which must be running to record these messages.

If you don't specify any options, slog2info displays all the logs.

Dump all logs for a live system:

slog2info

Dump the logs only from a given buffer_set file:

slog2info -l /dev/shmem/slogger2/my_test_buff.86749364

Dump the logs from all buffer_sets with a matching name:

slog2info -b my_test_buff

Dump all logs from the latest reset:

slog2info -r

Dump the logs from all buffer_sets with a matching name from the latest reset:

slog2info -r -b my_test_buff

Dump information pertaining to a given buffer set file:

slog2info -i -l /dev/shmem/slogger2/my_test_buff.86749364

Dump all logs from a live system, and then wait:

slog2info -w