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<refentry id="sd_journal_open">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_journal_open</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_journal_open</refname>
<refname>sd_journal_open_directory</refname>
<refname>sd_journal_open_files</refname>
<refname>sd_journal_close</refname>
<refname>sd_journal</refname>
<refname>SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY</refname>
<refname>SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY</refname>
<refname>SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM</refname>
<refname>SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER</refname>
<refpurpose>Open the system journal for reading</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-journal.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_open</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal** <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_open_directory</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal** <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const char* <parameter>path</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_open_files</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal** <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const char** <parameter>paths</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>void <function>sd_journal_close</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>sd_journal_open()</function> opens
the log journal for reading. It will find all journal
files automatically and interleave them automatically
when reading. As first argument it takes a pointer to
a <varname>sd_journal</varname> pointer, which on
success will contain a journal context object. The
second argument is a flags field, which may consist of
the following flags ORed together:
<constant>SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY</constant> makes sure
only journal files generated on the local machine will
be opened. <constant>SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY</constant>
makes sure only volatile journal files will be opened,
excluding those which are stored on persistent
storage. <constant>SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM</constant>
will cause journal files of system services and the
kernel (in opposition to user session processes) to
be opened. <constant>SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER</constant>
will cause journal files of the current user to be
opened. If neither <constant>SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM</constant>
nor <constant>SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER</constant> are
specified, all journal file types will be opened.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function>
is similar to <function>sd_journal_open()</function>
but takes an absolute directory path as argument. All
journal files in this directory 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.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_open_files()</function>
is similar to <function>sd_journal_open()</function>
but takes a <constant>NULL</constant>-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 the 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 is inherently racy.</para>
<para><varname>sd_journal</varname> objects cannot be
used in the child after a fork. Functions which take a
journal object as an argument
(<function>sd_journal_next()</function> and others)
will return <constant>-ECHILD</constant> after a fork.
</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_close()</function> will
close the journal context allocated with
<function>sd_journal_open()</function> or
<function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function> and
free its resources.</para>
<para>When opening the journal only journal files
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 of how to iterate through the journal
after opening 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>
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
<para>The <function>sd_journal_open()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function>, and
<function>sd_journal_open_files()</function> calls
return 0 on success or a negative errno-style error
code. <function>sd_journal_close()</function> returns
nothing.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>The <function>sd_journal_open()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function> and
<function>sd_journal_close()</function> interfaces are
available as a shared library, which can be compiled and
linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>History</title>
<para><function>sd_journal_open()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_close()</function>,
<constant>SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY</constant>,
<constant>SD_JOURNAL_RUNTIME_ONLY</constant>,
<constant>SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM_ONLY</constant> were added
in systemd-38.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_open_directory()</function>
was added in systemd-187.</para>
<para><constant>SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM</constant>,
<constant>SD_JOURNAL_CURRENT_USER</constant>,
and <function>sd_journal_open_files()</function>
were added in systemd-205.
<constant>SD_JOURNAL_SYSTEM_ONLY</constant>
was deprecated.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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