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author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2016-04-25 11:39:38 +0200 |
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committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2016-04-25 19:29:01 +0200 |
commit | 2aab2fabbd1072f5cd1871e0046f49d13d4a4293 (patch) | |
tree | 202de0075bad0dff13731c43ddf6f599e2ec9595 /man/sd_journal_open.xml | |
parent | 4706fbaa17212c1737e532d824bbb0849d80e4f1 (diff) |
man: document the new by-fd journal calls
Also, remove documentation for sd_journal_open_container() as we consider it
deprecated now.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/sd_journal_open.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | man/sd_journal_open.xml | 61 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/man/sd_journal_open.xml b/man/sd_journal_open.xml index 6c362c2f91..153af2387f 100644 --- a/man/sd_journal_open.xml +++ b/man/sd_journal_open.xml @@ -45,14 +45,16 @@ <refnamediv> <refname>sd_journal_open</refname> <refname>sd_journal_open_directory</refname> + <refname>sd_journal_open_directory_fd</refname> <refname>sd_journal_open_files</refname> - <refname>sd_journal_open_container</refname> + <refname>sd_journal_open_files_fd</refname> <refname>sd_journal_close</refname> <refname>sd_journal</refname> <refname>SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY</refname> <refname>SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY</refname> <refname>SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM</refname> <refname>SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER</refname> + <refname>SD_JOURNAL_OS_ROOT</refname> <refpurpose>Open the system journal for reading</refpurpose> </refnamediv> @@ -74,6 +76,13 @@ </funcprototype> <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_open_directory_fd</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>sd_journal **<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + + <funcprototype> <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_open_files</function></funcdef> <paramdef>sd_journal **<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>const char **<parameter>paths</parameter></paramdef> @@ -81,9 +90,10 @@ </funcprototype> <funcprototype> - <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_open_container</function></funcdef> + <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_open_files_fd</function></funcdef> <paramdef>sd_journal **<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef> - <paramdef>const char *<parameter>machine</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>fds[]</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>unsigned <parameter>n_fds</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>int <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> @@ -117,29 +127,28 @@ <constant>SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER</constant> are specified, all journal file types will be opened.</para> - <para><function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function> is similar - to <function>sd_journal_open()</function> but takes an absolute - directory path as argument. All journal files in this directory - will be opened and interleaved automatically. This call also takes - a flags argument, but it must be passed as 0 as no flags are - currently understood for this call.</para> - - <para><function>sd_journal_open_files()</function> is similar to - <function>sd_journal_open()</function> but takes a - <constant>NULL</constant>-terminated list of file paths to open. - All files will be opened and interleaved automatically. This call - also takes a flags argument, but it must be passed as 0 as no - flags are currently understood for this call. Please note that in - the case of a live journal, this function is only useful for - debugging, because individual journal files can be rotated at any - moment, and the opening of specific files is inherently - racy.</para> - - <para><function>sd_journal_open_container()</function> is similar - to <function>sd_journal_open()</function> but opens the journal - files of a running OS container. The specified machine name refers - to a container that is registered with - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + <para><function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function> is similar to <function>sd_journal_open()</function> but + takes an absolute directory path as argument. All journal files in this directory will be opened and interleaved + automatically. This call also takes a flags argument. The only flags parameter accepted by this call is + <constant>SD_JOURNAL_OS_ROOT</constant>. If specified, the journal files are searched below the usual + <filename>/var/log/journal</filename> and <filename>/run/log/journal</filename> relative to the specified path, + instead of directly beneath it.</para> + + <para><function>sd_journal_open_directory_fd()</function> is similar to + <function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function>, but takes a file descriptor referencing a directory in the file + system instead of an absolute file system path.</para> + + <para><function>sd_journal_open_files()</function> is similar to <function>sd_journal_open()</function> but takes a + <constant>NULL</constant>-terminated list of file paths to open. All files will be opened and interleaved + automatically. This call also takes a flags argument, but it must be passed as 0 as no flags are currently + understood for this call. Please note that in the case of a live journal, this function is only useful for + debugging, because individual journal files can be rotated at any moment, and the opening of specific files is + inherently racy.</para> + + <para><function>sd_journal_open_files_fd()</function> is similar to <function>sd_journal_open_files()</function> + but takes an array of open file descriptors that must reference journal files, instead of an array of file system + paths. Pass the array of file descriptors as second argument, and the number of array entries in the third. The + flags parameter must be passed as 0.</para> <para><varname>sd_journal</varname> objects cannot be used in the child after a fork. Functions which take a journal object as an |