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authorMichal Sekletar <msekleta@redhat.com>2016-02-03 10:38:29 +0100
committerMichal Sekletar <msekleta@redhat.com>2016-02-03 13:54:32 +0100
commit3cea8e06e45fc1757de8f74da29fb5fb181db4eb (patch)
tree8a8ed9fc51824c028a0825f68f4f62046e5b32e5 /man/journalctl.xml
parent485fd9a7b9d59b9f2302a873f7ee5ccac256dd93 (diff)
man: clarify what happens when journalctl is called with devpath
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paths may be specified. If a file path refers to an executable
file, this is equivalent to an <literal>_EXE=</literal> match
for the canonicalized binary path. Similarly, if a path refers
- to a device node, this is equivalent to a
- <literal>_KERNEL_DEVICE=</literal> match for the device.</para>
+ to a device node then match is added for the kernel name of the
+ device (<literal>_KERNEL_DEVICE=</literal>). Also, matches for the
+ kernel names of all the parent devices are added automatically.
+ Device node paths are not stable across reboots, therefore match
+ for the current boot id (<literal>_BOOT_ID=</literal>) is
+ always added as well. Note that only the log entries for
+ the existing device nodes maybe queried by providing path to
+ the device node.</para>
<para>Additional constraints may be added using options
<option>--boot</option>, <option>--unit=</option>, etc., to