How to redirect data of dmesg using Runtime.exec?

Question

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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Answer 1

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!