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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">
+
+<!--
+ This file is part of systemd.
+
+ Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
+
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+-->
+
+<refentry id="sd_journal_seek_head">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>sd_journal_seek_head</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_seek_head</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>sd_journal_seek_head</refname>
+ <refname>sd_journal_seek_tail</refname>
+ <refname>sd_journal_seek_monotonic_usec</refname>
+ <refname>sd_journal_seek_realtime_usec</refname>
+ <refname>sd_journal_seek_cursor</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Seek to a position in the
+ journal</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_seek_head</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_seek_tail</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_seek_monotonic_usec</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_id128_t <parameter>boot_id</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>usec</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_seek_realtime_usec</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>usec</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_seek_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_seek_head()</function> seeks to the
+ beginning of the journal, i.e. the oldest available entry.</para>
+
+ <para>Similarly, <function>sd_journal_seek_tail()</function> may
+ be used to seek to the end of the journal, i.e. the most recent
+ available entry.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_journal_seek_monotonic_usec()</function> seeks
+ to the entry with the specified monotonic timestamp, i.e.
+ <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant>. Since monotonic time
+ restarts on every reboot a boot ID needs to be specified as
+ well.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_journal_seek_realtime_usec()</function> seeks
+ to the entry with the specified realtime (wallclock) timestamp,
+ i.e. <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME</constant>. Note that the realtime
+ clock is not necessarily monotonic. If a realtime timestamp is
+ ambiguous, it is not defined which position is sought to.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_journal_seek_cursor()</function> seeks to the
+ entry located at the specified cursor string. For details on
+ cursors, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ If no entry matching the specified cursor is found the call will
+ seek to the next closest entry (in terms of time) instead. To
+ verify whether the newly selected entry actually matches the
+ cursor, use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_test_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that these calls do not actually make any entry the new
+ current entry, this needs to be done in a separate step with a
+ subsequent
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ invocation (or a similar call). Only then, entry data may be
+ retrieved via
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ If no entry exists that matches exactly the specified seek
+ address, the next closest is sought to. If
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ is used, the closest following entry will be sought to, if
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_previous</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ is used the closest preceding entry is sought to.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Return Value</title>
+
+ <para>The functions return 0 on success or a negative errno-style
+ error code.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Notes</title>
+
+ <para>The <function>sd_journal_seek_head()</function>,
+ <function>sd_journal_seek_tail()</function>,
+ <function>sd_journal_seek_monotonic_usec()</function>,
+ <function>sd_journal_seek_realtime_usec()</function>,
+ and <function>sd_journal_seek_cursor()</function>
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
+ be compiled and linked to with the
+ <constant>libsystemd</constant> <citerefentry project='die-net'><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_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>