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@@ -250,6 +250,18 @@
<varlistentry>
<term>
+ <option>short-full</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>is very similar, but shows timestamps in the format the <option>--since=</option> and
+ <option>--until=</option> options accept. Unlike the timestamp information shown in
+ <option>short</option> output mode this mode includes weekday, year and timezone information in the
+ output, and is locale-independent.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
<option>short-iso</option>
</term>
<listitem>
@@ -572,24 +584,17 @@
<term><option>-U</option></term>
<term><option>--until=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Start showing entries on or newer than the
- specified date, or on or older than the specified date,
- respectively. Date specifications should be of the format
- <literal>2012-10-30 18:17:16</literal>. If the time part is
- omitted, <literal>00:00:00</literal> is assumed. If only the
- seconds component is omitted, <literal>:00</literal> is
- assumed. If the date component is omitted, the current day is
- assumed. Alternatively the strings
- <literal>yesterday</literal>, <literal>today</literal>,
- <literal>tomorrow</literal> are understood, which refer to
- 00:00:00 of the day before the current day, the current day,
- or the day after the current day,
- 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. For complete
- time and date specification, see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ <listitem><para>Start showing entries on or newer than the specified date, or on or older than the specified
+ date, respectively. Date specifications should be of the format <literal>2012-10-30 18:17:16</literal>. If the
+ time part is omitted, <literal>00:00:00</literal> is assumed. If only the seconds component is omitted,
+ <literal>:00</literal> is assumed. If the date component is omitted, the current day is assumed. Alternatively
+ the strings <literal>yesterday</literal>, <literal>today</literal>, <literal>tomorrow</literal> are understood,
+ which refer to 00:00:00 of the day before the current day, the current day, or the day after the current day,
+ 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. For complete time and date specification, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note that
+ <option>--output=short-full</option> prints timestamps that follow precisely this format.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -654,10 +659,12 @@
<term><option>--root=<replaceable>ROOT</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a directory path as an argument. If
- specified, journalctl will operate on catalog file hierarchy
+ specified, journalctl will operate on journal directories and catalog file hierarchy
underneath the specified directory instead of the root
directory (e.g. <option>--update-catalog</option> will create
- <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/var/lib/systemd/catalog/database</filename>).
+ <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/var/lib/systemd/catalog/database</filename>,
+ and journal files under <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/run/journal</filename>
+ or <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/var/log/journal</filename> will be displayed).
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>