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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
+  This file is part of systemd.
+
+  Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
+
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+-->
+
+<refentry id="sd-journal">
+
+        <refentryinfo>
+                <title>sd-journal</title>
+                <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+                <authorgroup>
+                        <author>
+                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+                                <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+                                <surname>Poettering</surname>
+                                <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+                        </author>
+                </authorgroup>
+        </refentryinfo>
+
+        <refmeta>
+                <refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle>
+                <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+        </refmeta>
+
+        <refnamediv>
+                <refname>sd-journal</refname>
+                <refpurpose>APIs for submitting and querying log entries to and from the Journal</refpurpose>
+        </refnamediv>
+
+        <refsynopsisdiv>
+                <funcsynopsis>
+                        <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
+                </funcsynopsis>
+
+                <cmdsynopsis>
+                        <command>pkg-config --cflags --libs libsystemd-journal</command>
+                </cmdsynopsis>
+
+        </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Description</title>
+
+                <para><filename>sd-journal.h</filename> provides APIs
+                to submit and query log entries. The APIs exposed act
+                both as client for the
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                journal service and as parser for the journal files
+                on disk.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>See
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_print</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_stream_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_head</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_cutoff_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                and
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                for more information about the functions
+                implemented.</para>
+
+                <para>Command line access for submitting entries to
+                the journal is available with the
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                tool. Command line access for querying entries from
+                the journal is available with the
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                tool.</para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Notes</title>
+
+                <para>These APIs are implemented as shared library,
+                which can be compiled and linked to with the
+                <literal>libsystemd-journal</literal>
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                file.</para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>See Also</title>
+                <para>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_print</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_stream_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_head</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_cutoff_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                </para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>