enforced, and formatted
differently. Developers can
generate a new ID for this
- purpose with
- <command>journalctl
- --new-id</command>.</para>
+ purpose with <command>journalctl
+ <option>--new-id</option></command>.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
name. If the entry is
associated to a block device,
the major and minor of the
- device node, separated by ':'
- and prefixed by 'b'. Similar
+ device node, separated by <literal>:</literal>
+ and prefixed by <literal>b</literal>. Similar
for character devices, but
- prefixed by 'c'. For network
+ prefixed by <literal>c</literal>. For network
devices the interface index,
- prefixed by 'n'. For all other
- devices '+' followed by the
+ prefixed by <literal>n</literal>. For all other
+ devices <literal>+</literal> followed by the
subsystem name, followed by
- ':', followed by the kernel
+ <literal>:</literal>, followed by the kernel
device name.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
describes the position of an
entry in the journal and is
portable across machines,
- platforms and journal
- files.</para>
+ platforms and journal files.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><varname>__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The wallclock time
- (CLOCK_REALTIME) at the point
- in time the entry was received
- by the journal, in usec since
- the epoch UTC formatted as
- decimal string. This has
- different properties from
+ (<constant>CLOCK_REALTIME</constant>)
+ at the point in time the entry
+ was received by the journal,
+ in usec since the epoch UTC
+ formatted as decimal
+ string. This has different
+ properties from
<literal>_SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=</literal>
as it is usually a bit later
- but more likely to be
- monotonic.</para>
+ but more likely to be monotonic.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><varname>__MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The monotonic time
- (CLOCK_MONOTONIC) at the point
- in time the entry was received
- by the journal in usec
- formatted as decimal
+ (<constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant>)
+ at the point in time the entry
+ was received by the journal in
+ usec formatted as decimal
string. To be useful as an
address for the entry this
should be combined with with
- boot ID in
- <literal>_BOOT_ID=</literal>.</para>
+ boot ID in <literal>_BOOT_ID=</literal>.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>