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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2013-06-05 19:30:17 -0400
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2013-06-10 10:10:07 -0400
commit8d98da3f1107529d5ba49aea1fa285f7264b7cba (patch)
tree2382b9eb2cd9c111b227fa5a8f809ad0f7c47586 /man
parent5302ebe15ff3a11eceb75e095e5a09d2a676de2b (diff)
journalctl: allow the user to specify the file(s) to use
This is useful for debugging and feels pretty natural. For example answering the question "is this big .journal file worth keeping?" is made easier.
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-rw-r--r--man/journalctl.xml32
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 66100816ae..f399868178 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -462,15 +462,29 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>-D</option></term>
- <term><option>--directory=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a
- directory path as argument. If
- specified journalctl will operate on the
- specified journal directory instead of
- the default runtime and system journal
- paths.</para></listitem>
+ <term><option>-D <replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option></term>
+ <term><option>--directory=<replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a directory path
+ as argument. If specified journalctl
+ will operate on the specified journal
+ directory
+ <replaceable>DIR</replaceable> instead
+ of the default runtime and system
+ journal paths.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--file=<replaceable>GLOB</replaceable></option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a file glob as
+ argument. If specified journalctl will
+ operate on the specified journal files
+ matching <replaceable>GLOB</replaceable>
+ instead of the default runtime and
+ system journal paths. May be specified
+ multiple times, in which case files will
+ be suitably interleaved.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>