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Diffstat (limited to 'man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml b/man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml index 0baae03..29b8bc7 100644 --- a/man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml +++ b/man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml @@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ and should be freed after use with <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> - <para>Note that <function>sd_journal_get_cursor()</function> will - not work before - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - (or related call) has been called at least once, in order to - position the read pointer at a valid entry.</para> - <para><function>sd_journal_test_cursor()</function> may be used to check whether the current position in the journal matches the specified cursor. This is @@ -75,10 +69,17 @@ multiple different cursor strings, and hence string comparing cursors is not possible. Use this call to verify after an invocation of - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, whether the entry being sought to was actually found in the journal or the next closest entry was used instead.</para> + + <para>Note that <function>sd_journal_get_cursor()</function> + and <function>sd_journal_test_cursor()</function> + will not work before + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> + (or one of the other functions which move to an entry) + has been called at least once to position the read pointer at a valid entry.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> |