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+/* libguestfs - the guestfsd daemon
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#include "daemon.h"
+#include "actions.h"
+
+char *
+do_dmesg (void)
+{
+ char *out, *err;
+ int r;
+
+ r = command (&out, &err, "dmesg", NULL);
+ if (r == -1) {
+ reply_with_error ("dmesg: %s", err);
+ free (out);
+ free (err);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ free (err);
+
+ return out; /* caller frees */
+}