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-rw-r--r--src/python-systemd/_reader.c23
-rw-r--r--src/python-systemd/journal.py5
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/python-systemd/_reader.c b/src/python-systemd/_reader.c
index c435dadecf..42029abd46 100644
--- a/src/python-systemd/_reader.c
+++ b/src/python-systemd/_reader.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int set_error(int r, const char* path, const char* invalid_message) {
errno = -r;
PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename(PyExc_OSError, path);
}
- return 1;
+ return -1;
}
#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
@@ -94,25 +94,34 @@ static void Reader_dealloc(Reader* self)
}
PyDoc_STRVAR(Reader__doc__,
- "Reader([flags][,path]) -> ...\n\n"
+ "Reader([flags | path]) -> ...\n\n"
"Reader allows filtering and retrieval of Journal entries.\n"
+ "Note: this is a low-level interface, and probably not what you\n"
+ "want, use systemd.journal.Reader instead.\n\n"
"Argument `flags` sets open flags of the journal, which can be one\n"
"of, or ORed combination of constants: LOCAL_ONLY (default) opens\n"
"journal on local machine only; RUNTIME_ONLY opens only\n"
"volatile journal files; and SYSTEM_ONLY opens only\n"
- "journal files of system services and the kernel.\n"
+ "journal files of system services and the kernel.\n\n"
"Argument `path` is the directory of journal files. Note that\n"
- "currently flags are ignored when `path` is present as they are\n"
- "not relevant.");
+ "`flags` and `path` are exclusive.\n");
static int Reader_init(Reader *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
{
- int flags = SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY, r;
+ int flags = 0, r;
char *path = NULL;
static const char* const kwlist[] = {"flags", "path", NULL};
if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywds, "|iz", (char**) kwlist,
&flags, &path))
- return 1;
+ return -1;
+
+ if (!flags)
+ flags = SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY;
+ else
+ if (path) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "cannot use both flags and path");
+ return -1;
+ }
Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
if (path)
diff --git a/src/python-systemd/journal.py b/src/python-systemd/journal.py
index e9c09e8747..1ed726c33a 100644
--- a/src/python-systemd/journal.py
+++ b/src/python-systemd/journal.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Reader(_Reader):
See systemd.journal-fields(7) for more info on typical fields
found in the journal.
"""
- def __init__(self, flags=LOCAL_ONLY, path=None, converters=None):
+ def __init__(self, flags=0, path=None, converters=None):
"""Create an instance of Reader, which allows filtering and
return of journal entries.
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ class Reader(_Reader):
journal files of system services and the kernel.
Argument `path` is the directory of journal files. Note that
- currently flags are ignored when `path` is present as they are
- currently not relevant.
+ `flags` and `path` are exclusive.
Argument `converters` is a dictionary which updates the
DEFAULT_CONVERTERS to convert journal field values. Field