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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2015-01-08 15:09:12 +0100 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2015-01-08 23:13:45 +0100 |
| commit | 8b0cc9a36c8f92f010f2e8465942d2cd7c580d78 (patch) | |
| tree | 23e8d9ec1c90c7bb5c07c82587246fdff7bbc99f /man/machinectl.xml | |
| parent | 3c7560019e623e6e0d03a860b4f19a3a8715feca (diff) | |
machinectl: show most recent log output in "machinectl status", too
Diffstat (limited to 'man/machinectl.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/machinectl.xml | 47 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/machinectl.xml b/man/machinectl.xml index eef1740f95..baa0e17e36 100644 --- a/man/machinectl.xml +++ b/man/machinectl.xml @@ -165,6 +165,34 @@ mount.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>-n</option></term> + <term><option>--lines=</option></term> + + <listitem><para>When used with + <command>status</command>, controls + the number of journal lines to show, + counting from the most recent + ones. Takes a positive integer + argument. Defaults to 10.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>-o</option></term> + <term><option>--output=</option></term> + + <listitem><para>When used with + <command>status</command>, controls + the formatting of the journal entries + that are shown. For the available + choices, see + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. + Defaults to + <literal>short</literal>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" /> <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" /> @@ -189,12 +217,19 @@ <listitem><para>Show terse runtime status information about one or more - virtual machines and containers. This - function is intended to generate - human-readable output. If you are - looking for computer-parsable output, - use <command>show</command> instead. - </para></listitem> + virtual machines and containers, + followed by the most recent log data + from the journal. This function is + intended to generate human-readable + output. If you are looking for + computer-parsable output, use + <command>show</command> instead. Note + that the log data shown is reported by + the virtual machine or container + manager, and frequently contains + console output of the machine, but not + necessarily journal contents of the + machine itself.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |