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+<?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">
+
+<!--
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+ Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
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+
+<refentry id="sd_journal_open">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>sd_journal_open</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_open</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>sd_journal_open</refname>
+ <refname>sd_journal_open_directory</refname>
+ <refname>sd_journal_close</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Open the system journal for reading</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_open</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_journal** <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_open_directory</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_journal** <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char* <parameter>path</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_close</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><function>sd_journal_open()</function> opens the
+ the log journal for reading. It will find all journal
+ files automatically and interleave them automatically
+ when reading. As first argument it takes a pointer to
+ a <literal>sd_journal</literal> pointer, which on
+ success will contain journal context afterwards. The
+ second argument is a flags field, which may consist of
+ the following flags ORed together:
+ <literal>SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY</literal> makes sure
+ only journal files generated on the local machine will
+ be opened. <literal>SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY</literal>
+ makes sure only volatile journal files will be opened,
+ excluding those which are stored on persistant
+ storage. <literal>SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY</literal>
+ will ensure that only journal files of system services
+ and the kernel (in opposition to user session processes) will
+ be opened.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function>
+ is similar to <function>sd_journal_open()</function>
+ but takes an absolute directory path as argument. All
+ journal files in this directory will be opened and
+ interleaved automatically. This call also takes a
+ flags argument, but it must be passed as 0 as no flags
+ are currently understood for this call.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_journal_close()</function> will
+ close the journal context allocated with
+ <function>sd_journal_open()</function> or
+ <function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function> and
+ free its resources.</para>
+
+ <para>When opening the journal only journal files
+ accessible to the calling user will be opened. If
+ journal files are not accessible to the caller this
+ will be silently ignored.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Return Value</title>
+
+ <para>The <function>sd_journal_open()</function> and
+ <function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function> calls
+ return 0 on success or a negative errno-style error
+ code. <function>sd_journal_close()</function> returns
+ nothing.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Notes</title>
+
+ <para>The <function>sd_journal_open()</function>,
+ <function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function> and
+ <function>sd_journal_close()</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_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>