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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2016-08-17 20:28:45 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2016-08-17 20:28:45 +0200
commit622a0f628cee51851ad00856f9efddedf0799edb (patch)
treece120caa8874dea8503c04f212941e2b24a076ce /man/journalctl.xml
parent7532e6d4f4e5c155c01cbd039c0ba077184b2097 (diff)
parent0a1750934f58d72682f5f8d441a249f5e6f22c24 (diff)
Merge pull request #3946 from keszybz/open-journal-root
Make journalctl more flexible
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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index c448a29a51..63b4a267b8 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -659,10 +659,12 @@
<term><option>--root=<replaceable>ROOT</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a directory path as an argument. If
- specified, journalctl will operate on catalog file hierarchy
+ specified, journalctl will operate on journal directories and catalog file hierarchy
underneath the specified directory instead of the root
directory (e.g. <option>--update-catalog</option> will create
- <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/var/lib/systemd/catalog/database</filename>).
+ <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/var/lib/systemd/catalog/database</filename>,
+ and journal files under <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/run/journal</filename>
+ or <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/var/log/journal</filename> will be displayed).
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>