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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2013-02-19 23:03:32 -0500
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2013-02-28 19:36:14 -0500
commit2c07646764384545e5303222729d5ff93dec4347 (patch)
tree105ef5ce7a4ada2c6de6739f1fc2a30c1731a443 /src/python-systemd/_reader.c
parent33ed3769b5ef0e50966061bbc023a05e206396b9 (diff)
systemd-python: polish the docstrings
Diffstat (limited to 'src/python-systemd/_reader.c')
-rw-r--r--src/python-systemd/_reader.c54
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/src/python-systemd/_reader.c b/src/python-systemd/_reader.c
index 1bca1160f3..207b9e76cb 100644
--- a/src/python-systemd/_reader.c
+++ b/src/python-systemd/_reader.c
@@ -68,10 +68,8 @@ static void Journal_dealloc(Journal* self)
}
PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal__doc__,
- "Journal([flags][,path]) -> ...\n"
- "Journal instance\n\n"
- "Returns instance of Journal, which allows filtering and return\n"
- "of journal entries.\n"
+ "Journal([flags][,path]) -> ...\n\n"
+ "Journal allows filtering and retrieval of Journal entries.\n"
"Argument `flags` sets open flags of the journal, which can be one\n"
"of, or ORed combination of constants: LOCAL_ONLY (default) opens\n"
"journal on local machine only; RUNTIME_ONLY opens only\n"
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal__doc__,
"journal files of system services and the kernel.\n"
"Argument `path` is the directory of journal files. Note that\n"
"currently flags are ignored when `path` is present as they are\n"
- " not relevant.");
+ "not relevant.");
static int Journal_init(Journal *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
{
int flags = SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY, r;
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ static int Journal_init(Journal *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal_get_next__doc__,
"get_next([skip]) -> dict\n\n"
"Return dictionary of the next log entry. Optional skip value will\n"
- "return the `skip`th log entry.");
+ "return the `skip`\\-th log entry.");
static PyObject* Journal_get_next(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
{
PyObject *dict;
@@ -208,7 +206,7 @@ static PyObject* Journal_get_next(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal_get_previous__doc__,
"get_previous([skip]) -> dict\n\n"
"Return dictionary of the previous log entry. Optional skip value\n"
- "will return the -`skip`th log entry. Equivalent to get_next(-skip).");
+ "will return the -`skip`\\-th log entry. Equivalent to get_next(-skip).");
static PyObject* Journal_get_previous(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
{
int64_t skip = 1LL;
@@ -222,8 +220,8 @@ static PyObject* Journal_get_previous(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal_add_match__doc__,
"add_match(match) -> None\n\n"
"Add a match to filter journal log entries. All matches of different\n"
- "fields are combined in logical AND, and matches of the same field\n"
- "are automatically combined in logical OR.\n"
+ "fields are combined with logical AND, and matches of the same field\n"
+ "are automatically combined with logical OR.\n"
"Match is a string of the form \"FIELD=value\".");
static PyObject* Journal_add_match(Journal *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
{
@@ -242,8 +240,7 @@ static PyObject* Journal_add_match(Journal *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keyw
PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal_add_disjunction__doc__,
"add_disjunction() -> None\n\n"
- "Once called, all matches before and after are combined in logical\n"
- "OR.");
+ "Inserts a logical OR between matches added before and afterwards.");
static PyObject* Journal_add_disjunction(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
{
int r;
@@ -256,7 +253,7 @@ static PyObject* Journal_add_disjunction(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal_flush_matches__doc__,
"flush_matches() -> None\n\n"
- "Clears all current match filters.");
+ "Clear all current match filters.");
static PyObject* Journal_flush_matches(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
{
sd_journal_flush_matches(self->j);
@@ -265,7 +262,7 @@ static PyObject* Journal_flush_matches(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal_seek__doc__,
"seek(offset[, whence]) -> None\n\n"
- "Seek through journal by `offset` number of entries. Argument\n"
+ "Jump `offset` entries in the journal. Argument\n"
"`whence` defines what the offset is relative to:\n"
"os.SEEK_SET (default) from first match in journal;\n"
"os.SEEK_CUR from current position in journal;\n"
@@ -393,11 +390,11 @@ static PyObject* Journal_seek_monotonic(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
}
PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal_wait__doc__,
- "wait([timeout]) -> Change state (integer)\n\n"
- "Waits until there is a change in the journal. Argument `timeout`\n"
- "is the maximum number of seconds to wait before returning\n"
- "regardless if journal has changed. If `timeout` is not given or is\n"
- "0, then it will block forever.\n"
+ "wait([timeout]) -> state change (integer)\n\n"
+ "Wait for a change in the journal. Argument `timeout` specifies\n"
+ "the maximum number of seconds to wait before returning\n"
+ "regardless of wheter the journal has changed. If `timeout` is not given\n"
+ "or is 0, then block forever.\n"
"Will return constants: NOP if no change; APPEND if new\n"
"entries have been added to the end of the journal; and\n"
"INVALIDATE if journal files have been added or removed.");
@@ -420,7 +417,7 @@ static PyObject* Journal_wait(Journal *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal_seek_cursor__doc__,
"seek_cursor(cursor) -> None\n\n"
- "Seeks to journal entry by given unique reference `cursor`.");
+ "Seek to journal entry by given unique reference `cursor`.");
static PyObject* Journal_seek_cursor(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
{
const char *cursor;
@@ -463,8 +460,8 @@ static PyObject* Journal_iternext(PyObject *self)
PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal_query_unique__doc__,
"query_unique(field) -> a set of values\n\n"
- "Returns a set of unique values in journal for given `field`.\n"
- "Note this does not respect any journal matches.");
+ "Return a set of unique values appearing in journal for the\n"
+ "given `field`. Note this does not respect any journal matches.");
static PyObject* Journal_query_unique(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
{
char *query;
@@ -497,6 +494,11 @@ static PyObject* Journal_query_unique(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
return value_set;
}
+PyDoc_STRVAR(data_threshold__doc__,
+ "Threshold for field size truncation.\n\n"
+ "Fields longer than this will be truncated to the threshold size.\n"
+ "Defaults to 64Kb.");
+
static PyObject* Journal_get_data_threshold(Journal *self, void *closure)
{
size_t cvalue;
@@ -528,7 +530,7 @@ static PyGetSetDef Journal_getseters[] = {
{(char*) "data_threshold",
(getter)Journal_get_data_threshold,
(setter)Journal_set_data_threshold,
- (char*) "data threshold",
+ (char*) data_threshold__doc__,
NULL},
{NULL}
};
@@ -600,11 +602,14 @@ static PyTypeObject JournalType = {
PyType_GenericNew, /* tp_new */
};
+#define SUMMARY \
+ "Module that reads the systemd journal similar to journalctl."
+
#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
static PyModuleDef _reader_module = {
PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
"_reader",
- "Module that reads systemd journal similar to journalctl.",
+ SUMMARY,
-1,
NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL
};
@@ -636,8 +641,7 @@ init_reader(void)
if (m == NULL)
return NULL;
#else
- m = Py_InitModule3("_reader", NULL,
- "Module that reads systemd journal similar to journalctl.");
+ m = Py_InitModule3("_reader", NULL, SUMMARY);
if (m == NULL)
return;
#endif