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diff --git a/man/sd_journal_enumerate_fields.xml b/man/sd_journal_enumerate_fields.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2185b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/sd_journal_enumerate_fields.xml @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> +<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later --> + +<refentry id="sd_journal_enumerate_fields" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> + + <refentryinfo> + <title>sd_journal_enumerate_fields</title> + <productname>systemd</productname> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>sd_journal_enumerate_fields</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>sd_journal_enumerate_fields</refname> + <refname>sd_journal_restart_fields</refname> + <refname>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_FIELD</refname> + <refpurpose>Read used field names from the journal</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <funcsynopsis> + <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-journal.h></funcsynopsisinfo> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_enumerate_fields</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>const char **<parameter>field</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>void <function>sd_journal_restart_fields</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef><function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_FIELD</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>const char *<parameter>field</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + + </funcsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para><function>sd_journal_enumerate_fields()</function> may be used to iterate through all field names used in the + opened journal files. On each invocation the next field name is returned. The order of the returned field names is + not defined. It takes two arguments: the journal context object, plus a pointer to a constant string pointer where + the field name is stored in. The returned data is in a read-only memory map and is only valid until the next + invocation of <function>sd_journal_enumerate_fields()</function>. Note that this call is subject to the data field + size threshold as controlled by <function>sd_journal_set_data_threshold()</function>.</para> + + <para><function>sd_journal_restart_fields()</function> resets the field name enumeration index to the beginning of + the list. The next invocation of <function>sd_journal_enumerate_fields()</function> will return the first field + name again.</para> + + <para>The <function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_FIELD()</function> macro may be used as a handy wrapper around + <function>sd_journal_restart_fields()</function> and <function>sd_journal_enumerate_fields()</function>.</para> + + <para>These functions currently are not influenced by matches set with <function>sd_journal_add_match()</function> + but this might change in a later version of this software.</para> + + <para>To retrieve the possible values a specific field can take use + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_query_unique</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Return Value</title> + + <para><function>sd_journal_enumerate_fields()</function> returns a + positive integer if the next field name has been read, 0 when no + more field names are known, or a negative errno-style error code. + <function>sd_journal_restart_fields()</function> returns + nothing.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Notes</title> + + <xi:include href="threads-aware.xml" xpointer="strict" /> + + <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" xpointer="pkgconfig-text"/> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Examples</title> + + <para>Use the <function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_FIELD()</function> macro to iterate through all field names in use in the + current journal.</para> + + <programlisting><xi:include href="journal-enumerate-fields.c" parse="text" /></programlisting> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>History</title> + <para><function>sd_journal_enumerate_fields()</function>, + <function>sd_journal_restart_fields()</function>, and + <function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_FIELD()</function> were added in version 229.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_query_unique</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |