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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2016-02-03 16:26:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2016-02-03 16:26:21 +0100 |
| commit | a92ff4003f693c0f6a8bb8be844b9c1692add71b (patch) | |
| tree | 89e5bb4d28e9ef6a0d538791207413af82d18a33 /man/journalctl.xml | |
| parent | 5508e4f2180d0f2e25843d85f74a31d7b643e400 (diff) | |
| parent | 3cea8e06e45fc1757de8f74da29fb5fb181db4eb (diff) | |
Merge pull request #2519 from msekletar/journalctl-device-log-current-boot-v2
journalctl: add match for the current boot when called with devpath (v2)
Diffstat (limited to 'man/journalctl.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/journalctl.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index 5af98c67cb..b281f26b45 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -91,8 +91,14 @@ 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 |