[Discuss] Another question from last night's meeting

[Lloyd Budd]

On Jan 10, 2008 3:23 AM, Patrick <NixNoob-sneaking at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> I'd asked Larry this one once, but didn't think to ask at the
> meeting.
>
> *Great* presentation, btw.  Thanks, I learned a lot.  :-)
>
> Anyway, does anyone know what `dmesg' is short for?  Kernel
> messages of course, but I can't think of anything appropriate
> that starts with a D...

Top result if you google is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmesg

dmesg (for "diagnostic message") is ...