<para>User fields are fields that are directly passed
from clients and stored in the journal.</para>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='journal-directives'>
<varlistentry>
- <term>MESSAGE=</term>
+ <term><varname>MESSAGE=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The human readable
message string for this
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>MESSAGE_ID=</term>
+ <term><varname>MESSAGE_ID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>A 128bit message
identifier ID for recognizing
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>PRIORITY=</term>
+ <term><varname>PRIORITY=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>A priority value between
0 (<literal>emerg</literal>)
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>CODE_FILE=</term>
- <term>CODE_LINE=</term>
- <term>CODE_FUNC=</term>
+ <term><varname>CODE_FILE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>CODE_LINE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>CODE_FUNC=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The code location
generating this message, if
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>ERRNO=</term>
+ <term><varname>ERRNO=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The low-level Unix error
number causing this entry, if
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>SYSLOG_FACILITY=</term>
- <term>SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=</term>
- <term>SYSLOG_PID=</term>
+ <term><varname>SYSLOG_FACILITY=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>SYSLOG_PID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Syslog compatibility
fields containing the facility
fields, i.e. fields that are implicitly added by the
journal and cannot be altered by client code.</para>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='journal-directives'>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_PID=</term>
- <term>_UID=</term>
- <term>_GID=</term>
+ <term><varname>_PID=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_UID=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_GID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The process, user and
group ID of the process the
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_COMM=</term>
- <term>_EXE=</term>
- <term>_CMDLINE=</term>
+ <term><varname>_COMM=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_EXE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_CMDLINE=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The name, the executable
path and the command line of
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_AUDIT_SESSION=</term>
- <term>_AUDIT_LOGINUID=</term>
+ <term><varname>_AUDIT_SESSION=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_AUDIT_LOGINUID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The session and login
UID of the process the journal
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_SYSTEMD_CGROUP=</term>
- <term>_SYSTEMD_SESSION=</term>
- <term>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=</term>
- <term>_SYSTEMD_OWNER_UID=</term>
+ <term><varname>_SYSTEMD_CGROUP=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_SYSTEMD_SESSION=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_SYSTEMD_OWNER_UID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The contol group path in
+ <para>The control group path in
the systemd hierarchy, the
systemd session ID (if any),
the systemd unit name (if any)
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_SELINUX_CONTEXT=</term>
+ <term><varname>_SELINUX_CONTEXT=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The SELinux security
context of the process the
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=</term>
+ <term><varname>_SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The earliest trusted
timestamp of the message, if
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_BOOT_ID=</term>
+ <term><varname>_BOOT_ID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The kernel boot ID for
the boot the message was
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_MACHINE_ID=</term>
+ <term><varname>_MACHINE_ID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The machine ID of the
originating host, as available
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_HOSTNAME=</term>
+ <term><varname>_HOSTNAME=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The name of the
originating host.</para>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_TRANSPORT=</term>
+ <term><varname>_TRANSPORT=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>How the entry was
received by the journal
journal protocol, for the
those read from a services'
standard output or error
- output, and for those read
- from the kernel, resp.
+ output, or for those read
+ from the kernel, respectively.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<refsect1>
<title>Address Fields</title>
- <para>During serialization into external formats the
- addresses of journal entries are serialized into
- fields prefixed with double underscores. Note that
- these aren't proper fields when stored in the journal,
- but addressing meta data of entries. They cannot be
- written as part of structured log entries via calls
- such as
+ <para>During serialization into external formats, such
+ as the <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export">Journal
+ Export Format</ulink> or the <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/json">Journal
+ JSON Format</ulink>, the addresses of journal entries
+ are serialized into fields prefixed with double
+ underscores. Note that these aren't proper fields when
+ stored in the journal, but addressing meta data of
+ entries. They cannot be written as part of structured
+ log entries via calls such as
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_send</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. They
may also not be used as matches for
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='journal-directives'>
<varlistentry>
- <term>__CURSOR=</term>
+ <term><varname>__CURSOR=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The cursor for the
entry. A cursor is an opaque
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=</term>
+ <term><varname>__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The wallclock time
(CLOCK_REALTIME) at the point
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>__MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP=</term>
+ <term><varname>__MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The monotonic time
(CLOCK_MONOTONIC) at the point