man: move header file man pages from section 7 to 3

[elogind.git] / man / sd_journal_print.xml

diff --git a/man/sd_journal_print.xml b/man/sd_journal_print.xml
index c40498b38a318e57d4945929dd5f20d1321d2ba0..71551f779a04843620e5bd307dffe5e360b39f17 100644 (file)
--- a/man/sd_journal_print.xml
+++ b/man/sd_journal_print.xml
@@ -168,6 +168,23 @@ sd_journal_send("MESSAGE=Hello World, this is PID %lu!", (unsigned long) getpid(
                 not desired it can be turned off by defining
                 SD_JOURNAL_SUPPRESS_LOCATION before including
                 <filename>sd-journal.h</filename>.</para>
+
+                <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                and and <function>sd_journal_print()</function> may
+                mostly be used interchangably
+                functionality-wise. However, note that log messages
+                logged via the former take a different path to the
+                journal server than the later, and hence global
+                chronological ordering between the two streams cannot
+                be guaranteed. Using
+                <function>sd_journal_print()</function> has the
+                benefit of logging source code line, file names, and
+                functions as meta data along all entries, and
+                guaranteeing chronological ordering with structured
+                log entries that are generated via
+                <function>sd_journal_send()</function>. Using
+                <function>syslog()</function> has the benefit of being
+                more portable.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
@@ -196,7 +213,7 @@ sd_journal_send("MESSAGE=Hello World, this is PID %lu!", (unsigned long) getpid(
 
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_stream_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>