X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsd_journal_seek_head.xml;h=3716c5d3676f32d83cfcb63b074385e0fc42e38a;hp=f8a4eb1d20bdc1b7b192692dfa55f63e47915b19;hb=df688b23daff9382b8fa2609cfcf73315a3b896e;hpb=49f43d5f91a99b23f745726aa351d8f159774357 diff --git a/man/sd_journal_seek_head.xml b/man/sd_journal_seek_head.xml index f8a4eb1d2..3716c5d36 100644 --- a/man/sd_journal_seek_head.xml +++ b/man/sd_journal_seek_head.xml @@ -108,14 +108,19 @@ sd_journal_seek_realtime_usec() seeks to the entry with the specified realtime (wallclock) timestamp, i.e. CLOCK_REALTIME. Note that - the realtime clock is not necessary monotonic. If a + the realtime clock is not necessarily monotonic. If a realtime timestamp is ambiguous it is not defined which position is sought to. sd_journal_seek_cursor() seeks to the entry located at the specified cursor string. For details on cursors see - sd_journal_get_cursor3. + sd_journal_get_cursor3. If + no entry matching the specified cursor is found the + call will seek to the next closest entry (in terms of + time) instead. To verify whether the newly selected + entry actually matches the cursor use + sd_journal_test_cursor3. Note that these calls do not actually make any entry the new current entry, this needs to be done in