man: fix various typos

[elogind.git] / man / sd_journal_open.xml

diff --git a/man/sd_journal_open.xml b/man/sd_journal_open.xml
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--- a/man/sd_journal_open.xml
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@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 be opened. <literal>SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY</literal>
                 makes sure only volatile journal files will be opened,
                 excluding those which are stored on persistant
-                storage. <literal>SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY</literal>
+                storage. <literal>SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM_ONLY</literal>
                 will ensure that only journal files of system services
                 and the kernel (in opposition to user session processes) will
                 be opened.</para>
@@ -112,6 +112,35 @@
                 accessible to the calling user will be opened. If
                 journal files are not accessible to the caller this
                 will be silently ignored.</para>
+
+                <para>See
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                for an example how to iterate through the journal
+                after opening it it with
+                <function>sd_journal_open()</function>.</para>
+
+                <para>A journal context object returned by
+                <function>sd_journal_open()</function> references a
+                specific journal entry as <emphasis>current</emphasis> entry,
+                similar to a file seek index in a classic file system
+                file, but without absolute positions. It may be
+                altered with
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                and
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_head</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                and related calls. The current entry position may be
+                exported in <emphasis>cursor</emphasis> strings, as accessible
+                via
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Cursor
+                strings may be used to globally identify a specific
+                journal entry in a stable way and then later to seek
+                to it (or if the specific entry is not available
+                locally, to its closest entry in time)
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+                <para>Notification of journal changes is available via
+                <function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function> and related
+                calls.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
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