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machined: optionally, allow registration of pre-existing units (scopes
[elogind.git] / man / systemd.journal-fields.xml
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                 <title>Description</title>
 
                 <para>Entries in the journal resemble an environment
-                block in their syntax, however with fields that can
+                block in their syntax but with fields that can
                 include binary data. Primarily, fields are formatted
                 UTF-8 text strings, and binary formatting is used only
                 where formatting as UTF-8 text strings makes little
                 sense. New fields may freely be defined by
                 applications, but a few fields have special
                 meaning. All fields with special meanings are
-                optional. In some cases fields may appear more than
+                optional. In some cases, fields may appear more than
                 once per entry.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
                                 <term><varname>_UID=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>_GID=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem>
-                                        <para>The process, user and
+                                        <para>The process, user, and
                                         group ID of the process the
                                         journal entry originates from
                                         formatted as a decimal
                                 <term><varname>_CMDLINE=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem>
                                         <para>The name, the executable
-                                        path and the command line of
+                                        path, and the command line of
                                         the process the journal entry
                                         originates from.</para>
                                 </listitem>
                                 <term><varname>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>_SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>_SYSTEMD_OWNER_UID=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>_SYSTEMD_SLICE=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem>
-                                        <para>The control group path in
-                                        the systemd hierarchy, the
+                                        <para>The control group path
+                                        in the systemd hierarchy, the
                                         systemd session ID (if any),
-                                        the systemd unit name (if any),
-                                        the systemd user session unit name (if any)
-                                        and the owner UID of the
-                                        systemd session (if any) of
-                                        the process the journal entry
-                                        originates from.</para>
+                                        the systemd unit name (if
+                                        any), the systemd user session
+                                        unit name (if any), the owner
+                                        UID of the systemd session (if
+                                        any) and the systemd slice
+                                        unit of the process the
+                                        journal entry originates
+                                        from.</para>
                                 </listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 <term><varname>_SELINUX_CONTEXT=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem>
                                         <para>The SELinux security
-                                        context of the process the
-                                        journal entry originates
+                                        context (label) of the process
+                                        the journal entry originates
                                         from.</para>
                                 </listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                         the major and minor of the
                                         device node, separated by <literal>:</literal>
                                         and prefixed by <literal>b</literal>. Similar
-                                        for character devices, but
+                                        for character devices but
                                         prefixed by <literal>c</literal>. For network
-                                        devices the interface index,
+                                        devices, this is the interface index
                                         prefixed by <literal>n</literal>. For all other
-                                        devices <literal>+</literal> followed by the
-                                        subsystem name, followed by
+                                        devices, this is the subsystem name
+                                        prefixed by <literal>+</literal>, followed by
                                         <literal>:</literal>, followed by the kernel
                                         device name.</para>
                                 </listitem>