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syslog.2: Clarify where SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL places data it reads 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2012-11-28 12:43:31 +01:00
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@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ This is the function executed by the kernel when a user program reads
.IR /proc/kmsg .
.TP
.BR SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL " (3)"
Read all messages remaining in the ring buffer.
Read all messages remaining in the ring buffer,
placing then in the buffer pointed to by
.IR bufp .
The call reads the last \fIlen\fP
bytes from the log buffer (nondestructively),
but will not read more than was written into the buffer since the