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SD_JOURNAL_NEXT(3) sd_journal_next SD_JOURNAL_NEXT(3)
sd_journal_next, sd_journal_previous, sd_journal_next_skip,
sd_journal_previous_skip, SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH,
SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS - Advance or set back the read
pointer in the journal
#include <systemd/sd-journal.h>
int sd_journal_next(sd_journal *j);
int sd_journal_previous(sd_journal *j);
int sd_journal_next_skip(sd_journal *j, uint64_t skip);
int sd_journal_previous_skip(sd_journal *j, uint64_t skip);
SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH(sd_journal *j);
SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS(sd_journal *j);
sd_journal_next() advances the read pointer into the journal by
one entry. The only argument taken is a journal context object as
allocated via sd_journal_open(3). After successful invocation the
entry may be read with functions such as sd_journal_get_data(3).
Similarly, sd_journal_previous() sets the read pointer back one
entry.
sd_journal_next_skip() and sd_journal_previous_skip() advance/set
back the read pointer by multiple entries at once, as specified
in the skip parameter. The skip parameter must be less than or
equal to 2147483647 (2³¹-1).
The journal is strictly ordered by reception time, and hence
advancing to the next entry guarantees that the entry then
pointing to is later in time than then previous one, or has the
same timestamp.
Note that sd_journal_get_data(3) and related calls will fail
unless sd_journal_next() has been invoked at least once in order
to position the read pointer on a journal entry.
Note that the SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH() macro may be used as a wrapper
around sd_journal_seek_head(3) and sd_journal_next() in order to
make iterating through the journal easier. See below for an
example. Similarly, SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS() may be used
for iterating the journal in reverse order.
The four calls return the number of entries advanced/set back on
success or a negative errno-style error code. When the end or
beginning of the journal is reached, a number smaller than
requested is returned. More specifically, if sd_journal_next() or
sd_journal_previous() reach the end/beginning of the journal they
will return 0, instead of 1 when they are successful. This should
be considered an EOF marker.
All functions listed here are thread-agnostic and only a single
specific thread may operate on a given object during its entire
lifetime. It's safe to allocate multiple independent objects and
use each from a specific thread in parallel. However, it's not
safe to allocate such an object in one thread, and operate or
free it from any other, even if locking is used to ensure these
threads don't operate on it at the very same time.
These APIs are implemented as a shared library, which can be
compiled and linked to with the libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.
Iterating through the journal:
/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <systemd/sd-journal.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int r;
sd_journal *j;
r = sd_journal_open(&j, SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY);
if (r < 0) {
errno = -r;
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open journal: %m\n");
return 1;
}
SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH(j) {
const char *d;
size_t l;
r = sd_journal_get_data(j, "MESSAGE", (const void **)&d, &l);
if (r < 0) {
errno = -r;
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read message field: %m\n");
continue;
}
printf("%.*s\n", (int) l, d);
}
sd_journal_close(j);
return 0;
}
systemd(1), sd-journal(3), sd_journal_open(3),
sd_journal_get_data(3), sd_journal_get_realtime_usec(3),
sd_journal_get_cursor(3)
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Pages that refer to this page: sd-journal(3), sd_journal_add_match(3), sd_journal_get_catalog(3), sd_journal_get_cursor(3), sd_journal_get_data(3), sd_journal_get_fd(3), sd_journal_get_realtime_usec(3), sd_journal_open(3), sd_journal_query_unique(3), sd_journal_seek_head(3), systemd.directives(7), systemd.index(7)
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