On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 erh@nimenees.com wrote:

> or with the compare-it-first idea:
> 	if ! cmp -s /var/log/dmesg.boot /var/log/dmesg.boot- ; then
> 		mv ...
> 		dmesg ... > ...
> 	fi
> so you actually keep the last different dmesg output.

Comparing dmesg output across reboots is going to produce a whole bunch of
diffs on those architectures where the message buffer doesn't get stomped
on across reboots.

In fact, it's not even architecture dependent; my compaq laptop doesn't
clear memory on reboot...

Cheers, Steve