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diff --git a/man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml b/man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 354168bee2..0000000000 --- a/man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,151 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> -<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> - -<!-- - This file is part of systemd. - - Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering - - systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it - under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or - (at your option) any later version. - - systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but - WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - Lesser General Public License for more details. - - You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License - along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. ---> - -<refentry id="sd_journal_get_cursor"> - - <refentryinfo> - <title>sd_journal_get_cursor</title> - <productname>systemd</productname> - - <authorgroup> - <author> - <contrib>Developer</contrib> - <firstname>Lennart</firstname> - <surname>Poettering</surname> - <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> - </author> - </authorgroup> - </refentryinfo> - - <refmeta> - <refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> - </refmeta> - - <refnamediv> - <refname>sd_journal_get_cursor</refname> - <refname>sd_journal_test_cursor</refname> - <refpurpose>Get cursor string for or test cursor string against the current journal entry</refpurpose> - </refnamediv> - - <refsynopsisdiv> - <funcsynopsis> - <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-journal.h></funcsynopsisinfo> - - <funcprototype> - <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_get_cursor</function></funcdef> - <paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> - <paramdef>char ** <parameter>cursor</parameter></paramdef> - </funcprototype> - - <funcprototype> - <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_test_cursor</function></funcdef> - <paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> - <paramdef>const char * <parameter>cursor</parameter></paramdef> - </funcprototype> - - </funcsynopsis> - </refsynopsisdiv> - - <refsect1> - <title>Description</title> - - <para><function>sd_journal_get_cursor()</function> - returns a cursor string for the current journal - entry. A cursor is a serialization of the current - journal position formatted as text. The string only - contains printable characters and can be passed around - in text form. The cursor identifies a journal entry - globally and in a stable way and may be used to later - seek to it via - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The - cursor string should be considered opaque and not be - parsed by clients. Seeking to a cursor position - without the specific entry being available locally - will seek to the next closest (in terms of time) - available entry. The call takes two arguments: a - journal context object and a pointer to a string - pointer where the cursor string will be placed. The - string is allocated via libc - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>malloc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - and should be freed after use with - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> - - <para>Note that - <function>sd_journal_get_cursor()</function> will not - work before - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - (or related call) has been called at least once, in - order to position the read pointer at a valid - entry.</para> - - <para><function>sd_journal_test_cursor()</function> - may be used to check whether the current position in - the journal matches the specified cursor. This is - useful since cursor strings do not uniquely identify - an entry: the same entry might be referred to by - multiple different cursor strings, and hence string - comparing cursors is not possible. Use this call to - verify after an invocation of - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - whether the entry being seeked to was actually found - in the journal or the next closest entry was used - instead.</para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Return Value</title> - - <para><function>sd_journal_get_cursor()</function> - returns 0 on success or a negative errno-style error - code. <function>sd_journal_test_cursor()</function> - returns positive if the current entry matches the - specified cursor, 0 if it doesn't match the specified - cursor or a negative errno-style error code on - failure.</para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Notes</title> - - <para>The <function>sd_journal_get_cursor()</function> - and <function>sd_journal_test_cursor()</function> - interfaces are available as shared library, which can - be compiled and linked to with the - <literal>libsystemd-journal</literal> - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> - file.</para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>See Also</title> - - <para> - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - </para> - </refsect1> - -</refentry> |