NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | NOTES | EXAMPLES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

SD_JOURNAL_NEXT(3)             sd_journal_next            SD_JOURNAL_NEXT(3)

NAME         top

       sd_journal_next, sd_journal_previous, sd_journal_next_skip,
       sd_journal_previous_skip, SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH,
       SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS - Advance or set back the read pointer
       in the journal

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <systemd/sd-journal.h>
       int sd_journal_next(sd_journal *j);
       int sd_journal_previous(sd_journal *j);
       int sd_journal_next_skip(sd_journal *j, uint64_t skip);
       int sd_journal_previous_skip(sd_journal *j, uint64_t skip);
       SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH(sd_journal *j);
       SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS(sd_journal *j);

DESCRIPTION         top

       sd_journal_next() advances the read pointer into the journal by one
       entry. The only argument taken is a journal context object as
       allocated via sd_journal_open(3). After successful invocation the
       entry may be read with functions such as sd_journal_get_data(3).
       Similarly, sd_journal_previous() sets the read pointer back one
       entry.
       sd_journal_next_skip() and sd_journal_previous_skip() advance/set
       back the read pointer by multiple entries at once, as specified in
       the skip parameter.
       The journal is strictly ordered by reception time, and hence
       advancing to the next entry guarantees that the entry then pointing
       to is later in time than then previous one, or has the same
       timestamp.
       Note that sd_journal_get_data(3) and related calls will fail unless
       sd_journal_next() has been invoked at least once in order to position
       the read pointer on a journal entry.
       Note that the SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH() macro may be used as a wrapper
       around sd_journal_seek_head(3) and sd_journal_next() in order to make
       iterating through the journal easier. See below for an example.
       Similarly, SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS() may be used for iterating
       the journal in reverse order.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The four calls return the number of entries advanced/set back on
       success or a negative errno-style error code. When the end or
       beginning of the journal is reached, a number smaller than requested
       is returned. More specifically, if sd_journal_next() or
       sd_journal_previous() reach the end/beginning of the journal they
       will return 0, instead of 1 when they are successful. This should be
       considered an EOF marker.

NOTES         top

       All functions listed here are thread-agnostic and only a single
       thread may operate on a given sd_journal object.
       The sd_journal_next(), sd_journal_previous(), sd_journal_next_skip()
       and sd_journal_previous_skip() interfaces are available as a shared
       library, which can be compiled and linked to with the
       libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.

EXAMPLES         top

       Iterating through the journal:
           #include <stdio.h>
           #include <string.h>
           #include <systemd/sd-journal.h>
           int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             int r;
             sd_journal *j;
             r = sd_journal_open(&j, SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY);
             if (r < 0) {
               fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open journal: %s\n", strerror(-r));
               return 1;
             }
             SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH(j) {
               const char *d;
               size_t l;
               r = sd_journal_get_data(j, "MESSAGE", (const void **)&d, &l);
               if (r < 0) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read message field: %s\n", strerror(-r));
                 continue;
               }
               printf("%.*s\n", (int) l, d);
             }
             sd_journal_close(j);
             return 0;
           }

SEE ALSO         top

       systemd(1), sd-journal(3), sd_journal_open(3),
       sd_journal_get_data(3), sd_journal_get_realtime_usec(3),
       sd_journal_get_cursor(3)

COLOPHON         top

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