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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2013-01-27 23:53:52 -0500
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2013-01-28 22:38:55 -0500
commit67e04a486b92fcb656049cb4d6b66148c7d2e61b (patch)
tree377b0b02a25f604b5dcc5810d520a8ec28d7e1f7 /src/journal/journalctl.c
parent390b5e558c8d1fc550386f52969ee8dc256e9b3d (diff)
journalctl: allow --lines=0 i.e. only new
Makes it easier to watch just for new entries. Once scenario is where the user starts 'journalctl -qfn0' to watch for changes during some operation.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/journal/journalctl.c')
-rw-r--r--src/journal/journalctl.c25
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index 45543a5013..0ec2f331db 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static bool arg_follow = false;
static bool arg_full = false;
static bool arg_all = false;
static bool arg_no_pager = false;
-static unsigned arg_lines = 0;
+static int arg_lines = -1;
static bool arg_no_tail = false;
static bool arg_quiet = false;
static bool arg_merge = false;
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
case 'n':
if (optarg) {
- r = safe_atou(optarg, &arg_lines);
- if (r < 0 || arg_lines <= 0) {
+ r = safe_atoi(optarg, &arg_lines);
+ if (r < 0 || arg_lines < 0) {
log_error("Failed to parse lines '%s'", optarg);
return -EINVAL;
}
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
}
}
- if (arg_follow && !arg_no_tail && arg_lines <= 0)
+ if (arg_follow && !arg_no_tail && arg_lines < 0)
arg_lines = 10;
if (arg_since_set && arg_until_set && arg_since_set > arg_until_set) {
@@ -849,8 +849,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
sd_journal *j = NULL;
bool need_seek = false;
sd_id128_t previous_boot_id;
- bool previous_boot_id_valid = false;
- unsigned n_shown = 0;
+ bool previous_boot_id_valid = false, first_line = true;
+ int n_shown = 0;
setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
log_parse_environment();
@@ -937,6 +937,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
if (r < 0)
goto finish;
+ /* Opening the fd now means the first sd_journal_wait() will actually wait */
+ r = sd_journal_get_fd(j);
+ if (r < 0)
+ goto finish;
+
if (arg_field) {
const void *data;
size_t size;
@@ -950,7 +955,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE(j, data, size) {
const void *eq;
- if (arg_lines > 0 && n_shown >= arg_lines)
+ if (arg_lines >= 0 && n_shown >= arg_lines)
break;
eq = memchr(data, '=', size);
@@ -983,7 +988,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
}
r = sd_journal_next(j);
- } else if (arg_lines > 0) {
+ } else if (arg_lines >= 0) {
r = sd_journal_seek_tail(j);
if (r < 0) {
log_error("Failed to seek to tail: %s", strerror(-r));
@@ -1032,7 +1037,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
}
for (;;) {
- while (arg_lines == 0 || arg_follow || n_shown < arg_lines) {
+ while (arg_lines < 0 || n_shown < arg_lines || (arg_follow && !first_line)) {
int flags;
if (need_seek) {
@@ -1092,6 +1097,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
log_error("Couldn't wait for journal event: %s", strerror(-r));
goto finish;
}
+
+ first_line = false;
}
finish: