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.\"	$NetBSD: dmesg2gif.1,v 1.2 2003/11/02 22:41:45 wiz Exp $
.\"
.Dd November 2, 2003
.Dt DMESG2GIF 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm dmesg2gif
.Nd output
.Xr dmesg 8
device tree as GIF image
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
\*[Lt] /var/run/dmesg.boot | xv -
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
takes as input the kernel configuration messages that
are printed during boot.
Then it computes the device tree and passes it to
.Xr dot 1
to produce a GIF image of that tree.
You can either save the output into a file or pass it to
an image viewer, such as
.Xr xv 1 .
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/run/dmesg.boot
.It Pa /var/run/dmesg.boot
The output of
.Xr dmesg 8
is saved in that file directly after the boot.
Kernel messages may overwrite it later on.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dmesg 1 ,
.Xr dot 1 ,
.Xr xv 1