X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.journal-fields.xml;h=6eeb6e395d5b86b706daf662c2ed075b3f3bda42;hp=cffcccb53efa8c20072321ddd264c90113d98a6e;hb=03ee5c38cb0da193dd08733fb4c0c2809cee6a99;hpb=6b4991cfde6c0a0b62e836ca75ae362779c474d4 diff --git a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml index cffcccb53..6eeb6e395 100644 --- a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml +++ b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml @@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ Description 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. @@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ (formatted as decimal string), the identifier string (i.e. "tag"), and the client - PID. + PID. (Note that the tag is + usually derived from glibc's + program_invocation_short_name + variable, see program_invocation_short_name3.) @@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ _UID= _GID= - The process, user and + The process, user, and group ID of the process the journal entry originates from formatted as a decimal @@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ _CMDLINE= The name, the executable - path and the command line of + path, and the command line of the process the journal entry originates from. @@ -223,17 +226,20 @@ _SYSTEMD_UNIT= _SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT= _SYSTEMD_OWNER_UID= + _SYSTEMD_SLICE= - The control group path in - the systemd hierarchy, the + 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. + 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. @@ -241,8 +247,8 @@ _SELINUX_CONTEXT= The SELinux security - context of the process the - journal entry originates + context (label) of the process + the journal entry originates from. @@ -386,12 +392,12 @@ the major and minor of the device node, separated by : and prefixed by b. Similar - for character devices, but + for character devices but prefixed by c. For network - devices the interface index, + devices, this is the interface index prefixed by n. For all other - devices + followed by the - subsystem name, followed by + devices, this is the subsystem name + prefixed by +, followed by :, followed by the kernel device name. @@ -526,7 +532,7 @@ JSON Format, the addresses of journal entries are serialized into fields prefixed with double underscores. Note that these are not proper fields when - stored in the journal but for addressing meta data of + stored in the journal but for addressing metadata of entries. They cannot be written as part of structured log entries via calls such as sd_journal_send3. They