<para><function>sd_journal_stream_fd()</function> may
be used to create a log stream file descriptor. Log
messages written to this file descriptor as simple
- newline separated text strings are written to the
+ newline-separated text strings are written to the
journal. This file descriptor can be used internally
- by applications or be made STDOUT/STDERR of other
- processes executed.</para>
+ by applications or be made standard output or standard
+ error of other processes executed.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_stream_fd()</function>
takes a short program identifier string as first
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more information). The second argument shall be
the default priority level for all messages. The
- priority level is one of <literal>LOG_EMERG</literal>,
- <literal>LOG_ALERT</literal>,
- <literal>LOG_CRIT</literal>,
- <literal>LOG_ERR</literal>,
- <literal>LOG_WARNING</literal>,
- <literal>LOG_NOTICE</literal>,
- <literal>LOG_INFO</literal>,
- <literal>LOG_DEBUG</literal>, as defined in
+ priority level is one of <constant>LOG_EMERG</constant>,
+ <constant>LOG_ALERT</constant>,
+ <constant>LOG_CRIT</constant>,
+ <constant>LOG_ERR</constant>,
+ <constant>LOG_WARNING</constant>,
+ <constant>LOG_NOTICE</constant>,
+ <constant>LOG_INFO</constant>,
+ <constant>LOG_DEBUG</constant>, as defined in
<filename>syslog.h</filename>, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. The third argument is a boolean: if true
kernel-style log priority level prefixes (such as
- <literal>SD_WARNING</literal>) are interpreted, see
+ <constant>SD_WARNING</constant>) are interpreted, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more information.</para>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>The <function>sd_journal_stream_fd()</function>
- interface is available as shared library, which can
+ interface is available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
- <literal>libsystemd-journal</literal>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
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