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NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | NOTES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON |
SD_JOURNAL_OPEN(3) sd_journal_open SD_JOURNAL_OPEN(3)
sd_journal_open, sd_journal_open_directory,
sd_journal_open_directory_fd, sd_journal_open_files,
sd_journal_open_files_fd, sd_journal_close, sd_journal,
SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY, SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY, SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM,
SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER, SD_JOURNAL_OS_ROOT - Open the system journal
for reading
#include <systemd/sd-journal.h>
int sd_journal_open(sd_journal **ret, int flags);
int sd_journal_open_directory(sd_journal **ret, const char *path,
int flags);
int sd_journal_open_directory_fd(sd_journal **ret, int fd,
int flags);
int sd_journal_open_files(sd_journal **ret, const char **paths,
int flags);
int sd_journal_open_files_fd(sd_journal **ret, int fds[],
unsigned n_fds, int flags);
void sd_journal_close(sd_journal *j);
sd_journal_open() opens the log journal for reading. It will find all
journal files automatically and interleave them automatically when
reading. As first argument it takes a pointer to a sd_journal
pointer, which, on success, will contain a journal context object.
The second argument is a flags field, which may consist of the
following flags ORed together: SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY makes sure only
journal files generated on the local machine will be opened.
SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY makes sure only volatile journal files will
be opened, excluding those which are stored on persistent storage.
SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM will cause journal files of system services and the
kernel (in opposition to user session processes) to be opened.
SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER will cause journal files of the current user
to be opened. If neither SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM nor
SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER are specified, all journal file types will be
opened.
sd_journal_open_directory() is similar to sd_journal_open() but takes
an absolute directory path as argument. All journal files in this
directory will be opened and interleaved automatically. This call
also takes a flags argument. The flags parameters accepted by this
call are SD_JOURNAL_OS_ROOT, SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM, and
SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER. If SD_JOURNAL_OS_ROOT is specified, journal
files are searched for below the usual /var/log/journal and
/run/log/journal relative to the specified path, instead of directly
beneath it. The other two flags limit which files are opened, the
same as for sd_journal_open().
sd_journal_open_directory_fd() is similar to
sd_journal_open_directory(), but takes a file descriptor referencing
a directory in the file system instead of an absolute file system
path.
sd_journal_open_files() is similar to sd_journal_open() but takes a
NULL-terminated list of file paths to open. All files will be opened
and interleaved automatically. This call also takes a flags argument,
but it must be passed as 0 as no flags are currently understood for
this call. Please note that in the case of a live journal, this
function is only useful for debugging, because individual journal
files can be rotated at any moment, and the opening of specific files
is inherently racy.
sd_journal_open_files_fd() is similar to sd_journal_open_files() but
takes an array of open file descriptors that must reference journal
files, instead of an array of file system paths. Pass the array of
file descriptors as second argument, and the number of array entries
in the third. The flags parameter must be passed as 0.
sd_journal objects cannot be used in the child after a fork.
Functions which take a journal object as an argument
(sd_journal_next() and others) will return -ECHILD after a fork.
sd_journal_close() will close the journal context allocated with
sd_journal_open() or sd_journal_open_directory() and free its
resources.
When opening the journal only journal files accessible to the calling
user will be opened. If journal files are not accessible to the
caller, this will be silently ignored.
See sd_journal_next(3) for an example of how to iterate through the
journal after opening it with sd_journal_open().
A journal context object returned by sd_journal_open() references a
specific journal entry as current entry, similar to a file seek index
in a classic file system file, but without absolute positions. It may
be altered with sd_journal_next(3) and sd_journal_seek_head(3) and
related calls. The current entry position may be exported in cursor
strings, as accessible via sd_journal_get_cursor(3). Cursor strings
may be used to globally identify a specific journal entry in a stable
way and then later to seek to it (or if the specific entry is not
available locally, to its closest entry in time)
sd_journal_seek_cursor(3).
Notification of journal changes is available via sd_journal_get_fd()
and related calls.
The sd_journal_open(), sd_journal_open_directory(), and
sd_journal_open_files() calls return 0 on success or a negative
errno-style error code. sd_journal_close() returns nothing.
All functions listed here are thread-agnostic and only a single
thread may operate on a given sd_journal object.
The sd_journal_open(), sd_journal_open_directory() and
sd_journal_close() interfaces are available as a shared library,
which can be compiled and linked to with the libsystemd pkg-config(1)
file.
systemd(1), sd-journal(3), sd_journal_next(3),
sd_journal_get_data(3), systemd-machined(8)
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Pages that refer to this page: sd-journal(3), sd_journal_add_match(3), sd_journal_enumerate_fields(3), sd_journal_get_catalog(3), sd_journal_get_cursor(3), sd_journal_get_cutoff_realtime_usec(3), sd_journal_get_data(3), sd_journal_get_fd(3), sd_journal_get_realtime_usec(3), sd_journal_get_usage(3), sd_journal_next(3), sd_journal_query_unique(3), sd_journal_seek_head(3), systemd.directives(7), systemd.index(7)