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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index ea319ba373..a3192539dc 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ matches apply to the same field, then they are automatically matched as alternatives, i.e. the resulting output will show entries matching any of the specified matches for the same - field. Finally, the character <literal>+</literal> may appears + field. Finally, the character <literal>+</literal> may appear as a separate word between other terms on the command line. This causes all matches before and after to be combined in a disjunction (i.e. logical OR).</para> @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ <literal>_KERNEL_DEVICE=</literal> match for the device.</para> <para>Additional constraints may be added using options - <option>--boot</option>, <option>--unit=</option>, etc, to + <option>--boot</option>, <option>--unit=</option>, etc., to further limit what entries will be shown (logical AND).</para> <para>Output is interleaved from all accessible journal files, @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ <option>-n1000</option> to guarantee that the pager will not buffer logs of unbounded size. This may be overridden with an explicit <option>-n</option> with some other numeric - value while <option>-nall</option> will disable this cap. + value, while <option>-nall</option> will disable this cap. Note that this option is only supported for the <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>less</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> pager.</para></listitem> @@ -556,7 +556,10 @@ respectively. <literal>now</literal> refers to the current time. Finally, relative times may be specified, prefixed with <literal>-</literal> or <literal>+</literal>, referring to - times before or after the current time, respectively.</para> + times before or after the current time, respectively. For complete + time and date specification, see + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. + </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -656,18 +659,18 @@ <listitem><para>Removes archived journal files until the disk space they use falls below the specified size (specified with the usual <literal>K</literal>, <literal>M</literal>, - <literal>G</literal>, <literal>T</literal> suffixes), or all + <literal>G</literal> and <literal>T</literal> suffixes), or all journal files contain no data older than the specified timespan (specified with the usual <literal>s</literal>, <literal>min</literal>, <literal>h</literal>, <literal>days</literal>, <literal>months</literal>, - <literal>weeks</literal>, <literal>years</literal> suffixes), + <literal>weeks</literal> and <literal>years</literal> suffixes), or no more than the specified number of separate journal files remain. Note that running <option>--vacuum-size=</option> has - only indirect effect on the output shown by - <option>--disk-usage</option> as the latter includes active + only an indirect effect on the output shown by + <option>--disk-usage</option>, as the latter includes active journal files, while the vacuuming operation only operates - on archived journal files. Similar, + on archived journal files. Similarly, <option>--vacuum-files=</option> might not actually reduce the number of journal files to below the specified number, as it will not remove active journal @@ -772,7 +775,7 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>--flush</option></term> - <listitem><para>Asks the Journal daemon to flush any log data + <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 @@ -782,7 +785,7 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>--rotate</option></term> - <listitem><para>Asks the Journal daemon to rotate journal files. + <listitem><para>Asks the journal daemon to rotate journal files. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" /> @@ -854,7 +857,8 @@ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>coredumpctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> </refentry> |