man: describe journalctl --show-cursor

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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index da43bf28796e6515516ece9c60947c32ec1c941d..8577f614323f89dd7ee5d6c60974c6b4ab27c708 100644 (file)
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
                 <para>All users are granted access to their private
                 per-user journals. However, by default, only root and
-                users who are members of the <literal>adm</literal>
+                users who are members of the <literal>systemd-journal</literal>
                 group get access to the system journal and the
                 journals of other users.</para>
 
@@ -152,11 +152,20 @@
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>-l</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--no-full</option></term>
                                 <term><option>--full</option></term>
+                                <term><option>-l</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Ellipsize fields when
+                                they do not fit in available columns.
+                                The default is to show full fields,
+                                allowing them to wrap or be truncated
+                                by the pager if one is used.</para>
 
-                                <listitem><para>Show all (printable) fields in
-                                full.</para></listitem>
+                                <para>The old options
+                                <option>-l</option>/<option>--full</option>
+                                are not useful anymore, except to undo
+                                <option>--no-full</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
@@ -253,12 +262,11 @@
 
                                         <varlistentry>
                                                 <term>
-                                                        <option>short-monotonic</option>
+                                                        <option>short-iso</option>
                                                 </term>
                                                 <listitem>
-                                                        <para>is very similar
-                                                        but shows monotonic
-                                                        timestamps instead of
+                                                        <para>is very similar,
+                                                        but shows ISO 8601
                                                         wallclock timestamps.
                                                         </para>
                                                 </listitem>
@@ -266,11 +274,25 @@
 
                                         <varlistentry>
                                                 <term>
-                                                        <option>short-iso</option>
+                                                        <option>short-precise</option>
                                                 </term>
                                                 <listitem>
-                                                        <para>is very similar
-                                                        but shows ISO 8601
+                                                        <para>is very similar,
+                                                        but shows timestamps
+                                                        with full microsecond
+                                                        precision.
+                                                        </para>
+                                                </listitem>
+                                        </varlistentry>
+
+                                        <varlistentry>
+                                                <term>
+                                                        <option>short-monotonic</option>
+                                                </term>
+                                                <listitem>
+                                                        <para>is very similar,
+                                                        but shows monotonic
+                                                        timestamps instead of
                                                         wallclock timestamps.
                                                         </para>
                                                 </listitem>
@@ -379,7 +401,7 @@
                                 context of an error or log event,
                                 possible solutions, as well as
                                 pointers to support forums, developer
-                                documentation and any other relevant
+                                documentation, and any other relevant
                                 manuals. Note that help texts are not
                                 available for all messages, but only
                                 for selected ones. For more
@@ -387,7 +409,14 @@
                                 please refer to the <ulink
                                 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog">Message
                                 Catalog Developer
-                                Documentation</ulink>.</para></listitem>
+                                Documentation</ulink>.</para>
+
+                                <para>Note: when attaching
+                                <command>journalctl</command> output
+                                to bug reports, please do
+                                <emphasis>not</emphasis> use
+                                <option>-x</option>.</para>
+                                </listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
@@ -457,6 +486,17 @@
                                 </listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--list-boots</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Show a tabular list of
+                                boot numbers (relative to current
+                                boot), their IDs, and the timestamps
+                                of the first and last message
+                                pertaining to the boot.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>-k</option></term>
                                 <term><option>--dmesg</option></term>
@@ -545,11 +585,23 @@
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--after-cursor=</option></term>
 
-                                <listitem><para>Start showing entries from the
-                                location in the journal
-                                <emphasis>after</emphasis> the location
-                                specified by the this cursor.
-                                </para></listitem>
+                                <listitem><para>Start showing entries
+                                from the location in the journal
+                                <emphasis>after</emphasis> the
+                                location specified by the this cursor.
+                                The cursor is shown when the
+                                <option>--show-cursor</option> option
+                                is used.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--show-cursor</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>The cursor is shown after the last
+                                entry after two dashes:</para>
+                                <programlisting>-- cursor: s=0639...</programlisting>
+                                <para>The format of this the cursor is private
+                                and subject ot change.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
@@ -607,6 +659,16 @@
                                 </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>-M</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--machine=</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Show messages from a
+                                running, local container. Specify a
+                                container name to connect
+                                to.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>-D <replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option></term>
                                 <term><option>--directory=<replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option></term>
@@ -851,9 +913,9 @@
 
                 <programlisting>journalctl /dev/sda</programlisting>
 
-                <para>Show all kernel logs from last boot:</para>
+                <para>Show all kernel logs from previous boot:</para>
 
-                <programlisting>journalctl -k -b :</programlisting>
+                <programlisting>journalctl -k -b -1</programlisting>
 
         </refsect1>