On 29-11-2011 13:00, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:29:28PM +0100, Camiel Dobbelaar wrote: > >> On 29-11-2011 11:38, T. Valent wrote: >> >>>>> dmassage -t >>> >>>> i might be wrong, but is this really aggressive auto spelling >>>> corrector for "dmesg"? >>> >>> I found an example usage of dmassage on the web, but could not find the >>> program. So I thought the same way as you did. >>> >>> It's not part of the official OpenBSD or the ports tree. And it does not >>> do much more than providung a different view to what dmesg provides you >>> with. >>> >>> Maybe people woule recognize this tool if it just got a not so silly name. >> >> >> I wrote it 10 years ago, it's getting pretty obsolete now. I really >> think the name is the best part about it though! :-) > > I alwast undestood it as a reference to inspector Clouseau and his > pronunciation of the word message. Now I wonder if that association > was intended or not. > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084814/quotes > > You got read it with a thick french accent.
Hehe, no, it's simpler then that. It's about massaging the system (and hence the dmesg) into shape. I'm pretty sure that back then google also gave "exotic" hits for the word "dmassage" from page 2 onwards. Which I thought was funny as well. :-)
