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-rw-r--r--man/journalctl.xml6
-rw-r--r--man/sd_journal_open.xml11
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index c448a29a51..63b4a267b8 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -659,10 +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>
diff --git a/man/sd_journal_open.xml b/man/sd_journal_open.xml
index 153af2387f..74e67023b5 100644
--- a/man/sd_journal_open.xml
+++ b/man/sd_journal_open.xml
@@ -129,10 +129,13 @@
<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. The only flags parameter accepted by this call is
- <constant>SD_JOURNAL_OS_ROOT</constant>. If specified, the journal files are searched below the usual
- <filename>/var/log/journal</filename> and <filename>/run/log/journal</filename> relative to the specified path,
- instead of directly beneath it.</para>
+ automatically. This call also takes a flags argument. The flags parameters accepted by this call are
+ <constant>SD_JOURNAL_OS_ROOT</constant>, <constant>SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM</constant>, and
+ <constant>SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER</constant>. If <constant>SD_JOURNAL_OS_ROOT</constant> is specified, journal
+ files are searched for below the usual <filename>/var/log/journal</filename> and
+ <filename>/run/log/journal</filename> relative to the specified path, instead of directly beneath it.
+ The other two flags limit which files are opened, the same as for <function>sd_journal_open()</function>.
+ </para>
<para><function>sd_journal_open_directory_fd()</function> is similar to
<function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function>, but takes a file descriptor referencing a directory in the file