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diff --git a/man/sd_journal_open.xml b/man/sd_journal_open.xml
index 76b857b99..0f4178274 100644
--- a/man/sd_journal_open.xml
+++ b/man/sd_journal_open.xml
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@
sd_journal_open
sd_journal_open_directory
+ sd_journal_open_files
sd_journal_close
sd_journal
SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY
SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY
- SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM_ONLY
+ SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM
+ SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER
Open the system journal for reading
@@ -70,6 +72,13 @@
int flags
+
+ int sd_journal_open_files
+ sd_journal** ret
+ const char** paths
+ int flags
+
+
void sd_journal_close
sd_journal* j
@@ -93,10 +102,14 @@
be opened. SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY
makes sure only volatile journal files will be opened,
excluding those which are stored on persistent
- storage. SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM_ONLY
- will ensure that only journal files of system services
- and the kernel (in opposition to user session processes) will
- be opened.
+ storage. SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM
+ will cause journal files of system services and the
+ kernel (in opposition to user session processes) to
+ be opened. SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER
+ will cause journal files of the current user to be
+ opened. If neither SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM
+ nor SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER are
+ specified, all journal file types will be opened.
sd_journal_open_directory()
is similar to sd_journal_open()
@@ -106,6 +119,18 @@
flags argument, but it must be passed as 0 as no flags
are currently understood for this call.
+ sd_journal_open_files()
+ is similar to sd_journal_open()
+ but takes a NULL-terminated list
+ of file paths to open. All files will be opened and
+ interleaved automatically. This call also takes a
+ flags argument, but it must be passed as 0 as no flags
+ are currently understood for this call. Please note
+ that in case of a live journal, this function is only
+ useful for debugging, because individual journal files
+ can be rotated at any moment, and the opening of
+ specific files in inherently racy.
+
sd_journal_close() will
close the journal context allocated with
sd_journal_open() or
@@ -150,8 +175,9 @@
Return Value
- The sd_journal_open() and
- sd_journal_open_directory() calls
+ The sd_journal_open(),
+ sd_journal_open_directory(), and
+ sd_journal_open_files() calls
return 0 on success or a negative errno-style error
code. sd_journal_close() returns
nothing.
@@ -170,6 +196,27 @@
file.
+
+ History
+
+ sd_journal_open(),
+ sd_journal_close(),
+ SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY,
+ SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY,
+ SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM_ONLY were added
+ in systemd-38.
+
+ sd_journal_open_directory()
+ was added in systemd-187.
+
+ SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM,
+ SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER,
+ and sd_journal_open_files()
+ were added in systemd-205.
+ SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM_ONLY
+ was deprecated.
+
+
See Also