How to see shutdown log

Polytropon freebsd at edvax.de
Sat Jul 25 01:25:06 UTC 2020


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.



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