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diff --git a/src/python-systemd/docs/journal.rst b/src/python-systemd/docs/journal.rst index faa270746d..9dc495ffdb 100644 --- a/src/python-systemd/docs/journal.rst +++ b/src/python-systemd/docs/journal.rst @@ -27,6 +27,22 @@ Accessing the Journal .. autoattribute:: systemd.journal.DEFAULT_CONVERTERS +Example: polling for journal events +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This example shows that journal events can be waited for (using +e.g. `poll`). This makes it easy to integrate Reader in an external +event loop: + + >>> import select + >>> from systemd import journal + >>> j = journal.Reader() + >>> j.seek_tail() + >>> p = select.poll() + >>> p.register(j, select.POLLIN) + >>> p.poll() + [(3, 1)] + >>> j.get_next() Journal access types |