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index f55ee157444f5d954f11f4de84fe4a879a8c1223..6e437d18225926bd89062fb50328aece2f15dfdf 100644 (file)
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
                 <refname>sd_journal_previous</refname>
                 <refname>sd_journal_next_skip</refname>
                 <refname>sd_journal_previous_skip</refname>
+                <refname>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH</refname>
+                <refname>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS</refname>
                 <refpurpose>Advance or set back the read pointer in the journal</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
                                 <paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>skip</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
+                        <funcprototype>
+                                <funcdef><function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH</function></funcdef>
+                                <paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
+                        </funcprototype>
+
+                        <funcprototype>
+                                <funcdef><function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS</function></funcdef>
+                                <paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
+                        </funcprototype>
                 </funcsynopsis>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
                 that the entry then pointing to is later in time than
                 then previous one, or has the same timestamp.</para>
 
+                <para>Note that
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                and related calls will fail unless
+                <function>sd_journal_next()</function> has been
+                invoked at least once in order to position the read
+                pointer on a journal entry.</para>
+
                 <para>Note that the
                 <function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH()</function> macro may be used
                 as a wrapper around
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_head</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 and <function>sd_journal_next()</function> in order to
-                make iteratring through the journal easier. See below
+                make iterating through the journal easier. See below
                 for an example. Similar,
                 <function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS()</function>
                 may be used for iterating the journal in reverse
 
                 <para>The four calls return the number of entries
                 advanced/set back on success or a negative errno-style
-                error code. When the end (resp. beginning) of the journal
-                is reached a number smaller than requested is
+                error code. When the end or beginning of the journal
+                is reached, a number smaller than requested is
                 returned. More specifically, if
                 <function>sd_journal_next()</function> or
                 <function>sd_journal_previous()</function> reach the
                 <function>sd_journal_previous_skip()</function> interfaces are
                 available 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>
+                <constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 file.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
@@ -187,7 +204,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
         </refsect1>