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  24 <refentry id="sd_journal_query_unique">
  25
  26         <refentryinfo>
  27                 <title>sd_journal_query_unique</title>
  28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  29
  30                 <authorgroup>
  31                         <author>
  32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  36                         </author>
  37                 </authorgroup>
  38         </refentryinfo>
  39
  40         <refmeta>
  41                 <refentrytitle>sd_journal_query_unique</refentrytitle>
  42                 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
  43         </refmeta>
  44
  45         <refnamediv>
  46                 <refname>sd_journal_query_unique</refname>
  47                 <refname>sd_journal_enumerate_unique</refname>
  48                 <refname>sd_journal_restart_unique</refname>
  49                 <refname>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE</refname>
  50                 <refpurpose>Read unique data fields from the journal</refpurpose>
  51         </refnamediv>
  52
  53         <refsynopsisdiv>
  54                 <funcsynopsis>
  55                         <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
  56
  57                         <funcprototype>
  58                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_query_unique</function></funcdef>
  59                                 <paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
  60                                 <paramdef>const char* <parameter>field</parameter></paramdef>
  61                         </funcprototype>
  62
  63                         <funcprototype>
  64                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique</function></funcdef>
  65                                 <paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
  66                                 <paramdef>const void** <parameter>data</parameter></paramdef>
  67                                 <paramdef>size_t* <parameter>length</parameter></paramdef>
  68                         </funcprototype>
  69
  70                         <funcprototype>
  71                                 <funcdef>void <function>sd_journal_restart_unique</function></funcdef>
  72                                 <paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
  73                         </funcprototype>
  74
  75                         <funcprototype>
  76                                 <funcdef><function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE</function></funcdef>
  77                                 <paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
  78                                 <paramdef>const void* <parameter>data</parameter></paramdef>
  79                                 <paramdef>size_t <parameter>length</parameter></paramdef>
  80                         </funcprototype>
  81
  82                 </funcsynopsis>
  83         </refsynopsisdiv>
  84
  85         <refsect1>
  86                 <title>Description</title>
  87
  88                 <para><function>sd_journal_query_unique()</function>
  89                 queries the journal for all unique values the
  90                 specified field can take. It takes two arguments: the
  91                 journal to query and the field name to look
  92                 for. Well-known field names are listed on
  93                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Field
  94                 names must be specified without a trailing '='. After
  95                 this function has been executed successfully the field
  96                 values may be queried using
  97                 <function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function>. Invoking
  98                 this call a second time will change the field name
  99                 being queried and reset the enumeration index to the
 100                 first field value that matches.</para>
 101
 102                 <para><function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function>
 103                 may be used to iterate through all data fields which
 104                 match the previously selected field name as set with
 105                 <function>sd_journal_query_unique()</function>. On
 106                 each invocation the next field data matching the field
 107                 name is returned. The order of the returned data
 108                 fields is not defined. It takes three arguments: the
 109                 journal context object, plus a pair of pointers to
 110                 pointer/size variables where the data object and its
 111                 size shall be stored in. The returned data is in a
 112                 read-only memory map and is only valid until the next
 113                 invocation of
 114                 <function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function>. Note
 115                 that the data returned will be prefixed with the field
 116                 name and '='. Note that this call is subject to the
 117                 data field size threshold as controlled by
 118                 <function>sd_journal_set_data_threshold()</function>.</para>
 119
 120                 <para><function>sd_journal_restart_unique()</function>
 121                 resets the data enumeration index to the beginning of
 122                 the list. The next invocation of
 123                 <function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function>
 124                 will return the first field data matching the field
 125                 name again.</para>
 126
 127                 <para>Note that the
 128                 <function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE()</function> macro
 129                 may be used as a handy wrapper around
 130                 <function>sd_journal_restart_unique()</function> and
 131                 <function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function>.</para>
 132
 133                 <para>Note that these functions currently are not
 134                 influenced by matches set with
 135                 <function>sd_journal_add_match()</function> but this
 136                 might change in a later version of this
 137                 software.</para>
 138         </refsect1>
 139
 140         <refsect1>
 141                 <title>Return Value</title>
 142
 143                 <para><function>sd_journal_query_unique()</function>
 144                 returns 0 on success or a negative errno-style error
 145                 code. <function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function>
 146                 returns a positive integer if the next field data has
 147                 been read, 0 when no more fields are known, or a
 148                 negative errno-style error
 149                 code. <function>sd_journal_restart_unique()</function>
 150                 returns nothing.</para>
 151         </refsect1>
 152
 153         <refsect1>
 154                 <title>Notes</title>
 155
 156                 <para>The <function>sd_journal_query_unique()</function>,
 157                 <function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function> and
 158                 <function>sd_journal_restart_unique()</function>
 159                 interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
 160                 be compiled and linked to with the
 161                 <constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 162                 file.</para>
 163         </refsect1>
 164
 165         <refsect1>
 166                 <title>Examples</title>
 167
 168                 <para>Use the
 169                 <function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE</function> macro
 170                 to iterate through all values a field of the journal
 171                 can take. The following example lists all unit names
 172                 referenced in the journal:</para>
 173
 174                 <programlisting>#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
 175 #include &lt;string.h&gt;
 176 #include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;
 177
 178 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 179         sd_journal *j;
 180         const void *d;
 181         size_t l;
 182         int r;
 183
 184         r = sd_journal_open(&amp;j, SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY);
 185         if (r &lt; 0) {
 186                 fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open journal: %s\n", strerror(-r));
 187                 return 1;
 188         }
 189         r = sd_journal_query_unique(j, "_SYSTEMD_UNIT");
 190         if (r &lt; 0) {
 191                 fprintf(stderr, "Failed to query journal: %s\n", strerror(-r));
 192                 return 1;
 193         }
 194         SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE(j, d, l)
 195                 printf("%.*s\n", (int) l, (const char*) d);
 196         sd_journal_close(j);
 197         return 0;
 198 }</programlisting>
 199
 200         </refsect1>
 201
 202         <refsect1>
 203                 <title>See Also</title>
 204
 205                 <para>
 206                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 207                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 208                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 209                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 210                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 211                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 212                 </para>
 213         </refsect1>
 214
 215 </refentry>