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Asked: 2026-05-26T19:06:31+00:00

Problem 1: I want to redirect the kernel log to other file using my

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Problem 1:
I want to redirect the kernel log to other file using my app.
How to properly execute this? The code is something like below:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("dmesg > /data/kernel_log.txt");

Problem 2:
I want to clear the kernel log using my app. How to correct the below code;

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("dmesg -c");

Note1:
My goal is to get all the log of the kernel(dmesg) from START to LATEST.
Since dmesg has buffer size limitation and I don’t want to rebuild the kernel
just to resize the buffer.

Note2: this is very related to;
android : how to run a shell command from within code

Note3: Currently I am using a device with a ENG mode build, which means this is rooted am I correct?

Logcat Error Message:

11-11 20:18:47.910: E/DmesgGetterService(2885): java.io.IOException: Error running exec(). Command: [dmesg > /data/kernel_log.txt] Working Directory: null Environment: null
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11-11 20:19:07.920: E/DmesgGetterService(2885): Caused by: java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
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  1. Editorial Team

    I was able to get the dmesg log in different method. Using the AlarmManager to run a service in the specified interval I fetch the log from the kernel then find the last line I copied from previous run then append the new logs. That’s it!

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