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Diffstat (limited to 'src/journal/journalctl.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/journal/journalctl.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c index dcd709bd79..d6fa81061c 100644 --- a/src/journal/journalctl.c +++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ static const char *arg_after_cursor = NULL; static bool arg_show_cursor = false; static const char *arg_directory = NULL; static char **arg_file = NULL; +static bool arg_file_stdin = false; static int arg_priorities = 0xFF; static const char *arg_verify_key = NULL; #ifdef HAVE_GCRYPT @@ -592,9 +593,17 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) { break; case ARG_FILE: - r = glob_extend(&arg_file, optarg); - if (r < 0) - return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to add paths: %m"); + if (streq(optarg, "-")) + /* An undocumented feature: we can read journal files from STDIN. We don't document + * this though, since after all we only support this for mmap-able, seekable files, and + * not for example pipes which are probably the primary usecase for reading things from + * STDIN. To avoid confusion we hence don't document this feature. */ + arg_file_stdin = true; + else { + r = glob_extend(&arg_file, optarg); + if (r < 0) + return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to add paths: %m"); + } break; case ARG_ROOT: @@ -2103,7 +2112,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { if (arg_directory) r = sd_journal_open_directory(&j, arg_directory, arg_journal_type); - else if (arg_file) + else if (arg_file_stdin) { + int ifd = STDIN_FILENO; + r = sd_journal_open_files_fd(&j, &ifd, 1, 0); + } else if (arg_file) r = sd_journal_open_files(&j, (const char**) arg_file, 0); else if (arg_machine) r = sd_journal_open_container(&j, arg_machine, 0); @@ -2283,6 +2295,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { /* Opening the fd now means the first sd_journal_wait() will actually wait */ if (arg_follow) { r = sd_journal_get_fd(j); + if (r == -EMEDIUMTYPE) { + log_error_errno(r, "The --follow switch is not supported in conjunction with reading from STDIN."); + goto finish; + } if (r < 0) { log_error_errno(r, "Failed to get journal fd: %m"); goto finish; |