X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsd_id128_get_machine.xml;h=cd6c39032c497b8995bd705dda38cf4b0b07f243;hp=4fa6f84cf2c6c34725892149cab1cbcb1ea86d32;hb=3c4743e938878986b5fd89119d1d050658b8024e;hpb=e234cf302eeeb19e4689639a980895d7257fa77a

diff --git a/man/sd_id128_get_machine.xml b/man/sd_id128_get_machine.xml
index 4fa6f84cf..cd6c39032 100644
--- a/man/sd_id128_get_machine.xml
+++ b/man/sd_id128_get_machine.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
   <refnamediv>
     <refname>sd_id128_get_machine</refname>
     <refname>sd_id128_get_boot</refname>
+    <refname>sd_id128_get_invocation</refname>
     <refpurpose>Retrieve 128-bit IDs</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
 
@@ -62,6 +63,11 @@
         <paramdef>sd_id128_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
       </funcprototype>
 
+      <funcprototype>
+        <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_get_invocation</function></funcdef>
+        <paramdef>sd_id128_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+
     </funcsynopsis>
   </refsynopsisdiv>
 
@@ -83,11 +89,15 @@
     for more information. This function also internally caches the
     returned ID to make this call a cheap operation.</para>
 
-    <para>Note that <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> always
-    returns a UUID v4 compatible ID.
-    <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> will also return a
-    UUID v4-compatible ID on new installations but might not on older.
-    It is possible to convert the machine ID into a UUID v4-compatible
+    <para><function>sd_id128_get_invocation()</function> returns the invocation ID of the currently executed
+    service. In its current implementation, this reads and parses the <varname>$INVOCATION_ID</varname> environment
+    variable that the service manager sets when activating a service, see
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details. The
+    ID is cached internally. In future a different mechanism to determine the invocation ID may be added.</para>
+
+    <para>Note that <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> and <function>sd_id128_get_invocation()</function> always
+    return UUID v4 compatible IDs.  <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> will also return a UUID v4-compatible
+    ID on new installations but might not on older.  It is possible to convert the machine ID into a UUID v4-compatible
     one. For more information, see
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
@@ -107,22 +117,22 @@
   <refsect1>
     <title>Notes</title>
 
-    <para>The <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> and
-    <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> interfaces are available
-    as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the
-    <literal>libelogind</literal> <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-    file.</para>
+    <para>The <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function>, <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> and
+    <function>sd_id128_get_invocation()</function> interfaces are available as a shared library, which can be compiled
+    and linked to with the <literal>libsystemd</literal> <citerefentry
+    project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> file.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
     <title>See Also</title>
 
     <para>
-      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_randomize</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_randomize</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
     </para>
   </refsect1>