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2 | <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" | |
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5 | <!-- | |
572eb058 | 6 | SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ |
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7 | --> |
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6a70f3aa | 9 | <refentry id="sd-journal" |
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10 | xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> |
11 | ||
12 | <refentryinfo> | |
13 | <title>sd-journal</title> | |
14 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
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15 | </refentryinfo> |
16 | ||
17 | <refmeta> | |
18 | <refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle> | |
19 | <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> | |
20 | </refmeta> | |
21 | ||
22 | <refnamediv> | |
23 | <refname>sd-journal</refname> | |
24 | <refpurpose>APIs for submitting and querying log entries to and | |
25 | from the journal</refpurpose> | |
26 | </refnamediv> | |
27 | ||
28 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
29 | <funcsynopsis> | |
30 | <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-journal.h></funcsynopsisinfo> | |
31 | </funcsynopsis> | |
32 | ||
33 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
34 | <command>pkg-config --cflags --libs libsystemd</command> | |
35 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
36 | ||
37 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
38 | ||
39 | <refsect1> | |
40 | <title>Description</title> | |
41 | ||
42 | <para><filename>sd-journal.h</filename> provides APIs to submit | |
43 | and query log entries. The APIs exposed act both as client for the | |
44 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
45 | journal service and as parser for the journal files on disk. | |
46 | </para> | |
47 | ||
48 | <para>See | |
49 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_print</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
50 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_stream_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
51 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
52 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
53 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
54 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
55 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_head</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
eb86030e | 56 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_enumerate_fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
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57 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
58 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cutoff_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
59 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cutoff_monotonic_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
60 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_usage</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
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61 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_catalog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
62 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
63 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_has_runtime_files</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
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39fd5b08 | 65 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_has_persistent_files</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
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66 | for more information about the functions implemented.</para> |
67 | ||
68 | <para>Command line access for submitting entries to the journal is | |
69 | available with the | |
70 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
71 | tool. Command line access for querying entries from the journal is | |
72 | available with the | |
73 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
74 | tool.</para> | |
75 | </refsect1> | |
76 | ||
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77 | <refsect1> |
78 | <title>Thread safety</title> | |
79 | ||
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80 | <para>Functions that operate on <structname>sd_journal</structname> objects are thread agnostic — given |
81 | <structname>sd_journal</structname> pointer may only be used from one specific thread at all times (and it has to | |
82 | be the very same one during the entire lifetime of the object), but multiple, independent threads may use multiple, | |
83 | independent objects safely. Other functions — those that are used to send entries to the journal, like | |
84 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_print</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> and similar, | |
85 | or those that are used to retrieve global information like | |
86 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_stream_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> and | |
a8d46a16 | 87 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
64a7ef8b | 88 | — are fully thread-safe and may be called from multiple threads in parallel.</para> |
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89 | </refsect1> |
90 | ||
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91 | <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" /> |
92 | ||
93 | <refsect1> | |
94 | <title>See Also</title> | |
95 | <para> | |
96 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
97 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_print</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
98 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_stream_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
99 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
100 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
101 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
102 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
103 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
104 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_head</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
eb86030e | 105 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_enumerate_fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
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106 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
107 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cutoff_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
108 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cutoff_monotonic_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
109 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_usage</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
110 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
111 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_query_unique</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
112 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_catalog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
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113 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_has_runtime_files</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
114 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_has_persistent_files</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
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115 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
116 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
117 | <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
118 | </para> | |
119 | </refsect1> | |
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121 | </refentry> |