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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index a3192539dc..b57afb6ebf 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -773,21 +773,41 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>--sync</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Asks the journal daemon to write all yet + unwritten journal data to the backing file system and + synchronize all journals. This call does not return until the + synchronization operation is complete. This command guarantees + that any log messages written before its invocation are safely + stored on disk at the time it returns.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><option>--flush</option></term> <listitem><para>Asks the journal daemon to flush any log data stored in <filename>/run/log/journal</filename> into - <filename>/var/log/journal</filename>, if persistent storage is - enabled. This call does not return until the operation is - complete.</para></listitem> + <filename>/var/log/journal</filename>, if persistent storage + is enabled. This call does not return until the operation is + complete. Note that this call is idempotent: the data is only + flushed from <filename>/run/log/journal</filename> into + <filename>/var/log/journal</filename> once during system + runtime, and this command exits cleanly without executing any + operation if this has already has happened. This command + effectively guarantees that all data is flushed to + <filename>/var/log/journal</filename> at the time it + returns.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--rotate</option></term> - <listitem><para>Asks the journal daemon to rotate journal files. - </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Asks the journal daemon to rotate journal + files. This call does not return until the rotation operation + is complete.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" /> <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" /> <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" /> |