<para><function>sd_journal_seek_head()</function>
seeks to the beginning of the journal, i.e. the oldest
- avilable entry.</para>
+ available entry.</para>
<para>Similar,
<function>sd_journal_seek_tail()</function> may be
<para><function>sd_journal_seek_monotonic_usec()</function>
seeks to the entry with the specified monotonic
- timestamp, i.e. CLOCK_MONOOTONIC. Since monotonic time
+ timestamp, i.e. CLOCK_MONOTONIC. Since monotonic time
restarts on every reboot a boot ID needs to be
specified as well.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_seek_realtime_usec()</function>
seeks to the entry with the specified realtime
(wallclock) timestamp, i.e. CLOCK_REALTIME. Note that
- the realtime clock is not necessary monotonic. If a
+ the realtime clock is not necessarily monotonic. If a
realtime timestamp is ambiguous it is not defined
- which position is seeked to.</para>
+ which position is sought to.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_seek_cursor()</function>
seeks to the entry located at the specified cursor
string. For details on cursors see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If
+ no entry matching the specified cursor is found the
+ call will seek to the next closest entry (in terms of
+ time) instead. To verify whether the newly selected
+ entry actually matches the cursor use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_test_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para>Note that these calls do not actually make any
entry the new current entry, this needs to be done in
may be retrieved via
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If
no entry exists that matches exactly the specified
- seek address the next closest is seeked to. If
+ seek address the next closest is sought to. If
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- is used the closest following entry will be seeked to,
+ is used the closest following entry will be sought to,
if
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_previous</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- is used the closest preceeding entry is seeked
+ is used the closest preceding entry is sought
to.</para>
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