From 0a1750934f58d72682f5f8d441a249f5e6f22c24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:34:45 -0400
Subject: journalctl: allow --root argument for journal watching

It is useful to look at a (possibly inactive) container or other os tree
with --root=/path/to/container. This is similar to specifying
--directory=/path/to/container/var/log/journal --directory=/path/to/container/run/systemd/journal
(if using --directory multiple times was allowed), but doesn't require
as much typing.
---
 man/journalctl.xml | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'man/journalctl.xml')

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>
 
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