paths.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--root=<replaceable>ROOT</replaceable></option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a directory path
+ as argument. If specified journalctl
+ will operate on catalog file hierarchy
+ underneath the specified directory
+ instead of the root directory
+ (e.g. <option>--update-catalog</option>
+ will create
+ <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/var/lib/systemd/catalog/database</filename>).
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--new-id128</option></term>
static const char *arg_field = NULL;
static bool arg_catalog = false;
static bool arg_reverse = false;
+static const char *arg_root = NULL;
static enum {
ACTION_SHOW,
" --no-pager Do not pipe output into a pager\n"
" -m --merge Show entries from all available journals\n"
" -D --directory=PATH Show journal files from directory\n"
+ " --root=ROOT Operate on catalog files underneath the root ROOT\n"
#ifdef HAVE_GCRYPT
" --interval=TIME Time interval for changing the FSS sealing key\n"
" --verify-key=KEY Specify FSS verification key\n"
ARG_NO_PAGER,
ARG_NO_TAIL,
ARG_NEW_ID128,
+ ARG_ROOT,
ARG_HEADER,
ARG_FULL,
ARG_SETUP_KEYS,
{ "merge", no_argument, NULL, 'm' },
{ "this-boot", no_argument, NULL, 'b' },
{ "directory", required_argument, NULL, 'D' },
+ { "root", required_argument, NULL, ARG_ROOT },
{ "header", no_argument, NULL, ARG_HEADER },
{ "priority", required_argument, NULL, 'p' },
{ "setup-keys", no_argument, NULL, ARG_SETUP_KEYS },
arg_directory = optarg;
break;
+ case ARG_ROOT:
+ arg_root = optarg;
+ break;
+
case 'c':
arg_cursor = optarg;
break;
arg_action == ACTION_LIST_CATALOG ||
arg_action == ACTION_DUMP_CATALOG) {
+ char _cleanup_free_ *database;
+ database = strjoin(arg_root, "/", CATALOG_DATABASE, NULL);
+ if (!database) {
+ r = log_oom();
+ goto finish;
+ }
+
if (arg_action == ACTION_UPDATE_CATALOG) {
- r = catalog_update(CATALOG_DATABASE, NULL, catalog_file_dirs);
+ r = catalog_update(database, arg_root, catalog_file_dirs);
if (r < 0)
log_error("Failed to list catalog: %s", strerror(-r));
} else {
bool oneline = arg_action == ACTION_LIST_CATALOG;
if (optind < argc)
- r = catalog_list_items(stdout, CATALOG_DATABASE,
+ r = catalog_list_items(stdout, database,
oneline, argv + optind);
else
- r = catalog_list(stdout, CATALOG_DATABASE, oneline);
+ r = catalog_list(stdout, database, oneline);
if (r < 0)
log_error("Failed to list catalog: %s", strerror(-r));
}