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<refentry id= "sd_journal_next" >
<refentryinfo >
<title > sd_journal_next</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_next</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum > 3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv >
<refname > sd_journal_next</refname>
<refname > sd_journal_previous</refname>
<refname > sd_journal_next_skip</refname>
<refname > sd_journal_previous_skip</refname>
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<refname > SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH</refname>
<refname > SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS</refname>
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<refpurpose > Advance or set back the read pointer in the journal</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv >
<funcsynopsis >
<funcsynopsisinfo > #include < systemd/sd-journal.h> </funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype >
<funcdef > int <function > sd_journal_next</function> </funcdef>
<paramdef > sd_journal* <parameter > j</parameter> </paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype >
<funcdef > int <function > sd_journal_previous</function> </funcdef>
<paramdef > sd_journal* <parameter > j</parameter> </paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype >
<funcdef > int <function > sd_journal_next_skip</function> </funcdef>
<paramdef > sd_journal* <parameter > j</parameter> </paramdef>
<paramdef > uint64_t <parameter > skip</parameter> </paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype >
<funcdef > int <function > sd_journal_previous_skip</function> </funcdef>
<paramdef > sd_journal* <parameter > j</parameter> </paramdef>
<paramdef > uint64_t <parameter > skip</parameter> </paramdef>
</funcprototype>
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<funcprototype >
<funcdef > <function > SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH</function> </funcdef>
<paramdef > sd_journal* <parameter > j</parameter> </paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype >
<funcdef > <function > SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS</function> </funcdef>
<paramdef > sd_journal* <parameter > j</parameter> </paramdef>
</funcprototype>
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</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 >
<title > Description</title>
<para > <function > sd_journal_next()</function> advances
the read pointer into the journal by one entry. The
only argument taken is a journal context object as
allocated via
<citerefentry > <refentrytitle > sd_journal_open</refentrytitle> <manvolnum > 3</manvolnum> </citerefentry> . After
successful invocation the entry may be read with
functions such as
<citerefentry > <refentrytitle > sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle> <manvolnum > 3</manvolnum> </citerefentry> .</para>
<para > Similar, <function > sd_journal_previous()</function> sets
the read pointer back one entry.</para>
<para > <function > sd_journal_next_skip()</function> and
<function > sd_journal_previous_skip()</function>
advance/set back the read pointer by multiple entries
at once, as specified in the <varname > skip</varname>
parameter.</para>
<para > 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.</para>
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<para > Note that
<citerefentry > <refentrytitle > sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle> <manvolnum > 3</manvolnum> </citerefentry>
and related calls will fail unless
<function > sd_journal_next()</function> has been
invoked at least once in order to position the read
pointer on a journal entry.</para>
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<para > Note that the
<function > SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH()</function> macro may be used
as a wrapper around
<citerefentry > <refentrytitle > sd_journal_seek_head</refentrytitle> <manvolnum > 3</manvolnum> </citerefentry>
and <function > sd_journal_next()</function> in order to
make iteratring through the journal easier. See below
for an example. Similar,
<function > SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS()</function>
may be used for iterating the journal in reverse
order.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 >
<title > Return Value</title>
<para > The four calls return the number of entries
advanced/set back on success or a negative errno-style
error code. When the end (resp. beginning) of the journal
is reached a number smaller than requested is
returned. More specifically, if
<function > sd_journal_next()</function> or
<function > sd_journal_previous()</function> 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.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 >
<title > Notes</title>
<para > The <function > sd_journal_next()</function> , <function > sd_journal_previous()</function> ,
<function > sd_journal_next_skip()</function> and
<function > sd_journal_previous_skip()</function> interfaces are
available as shared library, which can be compiled and
linked to with the
<literal > libsystemd-journal</literal>
<citerefentry > <refentrytitle > pkg-config</refentrytitle> <manvolnum > 1</manvolnum> </citerefentry>
file.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 >
<title > Examples</title>
<para > Iterating through the journal:</para>
<programlisting > #include < stdio.h>
#include < string.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) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open journal: %s\n", strerror(-r));
return 1;
}
SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH(j) {
const char *d;
size_t l;
r = sd_journal_get_data(j, "MESSAGE", & d, & l);
if (r < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read message field: %s\n", strerror(-r));
continue;
}
printf("%.*s\n", (int) l, d);
}
sd_journal_close(j);
return 0;
}</programlisting>
</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_open</refentrytitle> <manvolnum > 3</manvolnum> </citerefentry> ,
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<citerefentry > <refentrytitle > sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle> <manvolnum > 3</manvolnum> </citerefentry> ,
<citerefentry > <refentrytitle > sd_journal_get_realtime_usec</refentrytitle> <manvolnum > 3</manvolnum> </citerefentry> ,
<citerefentry > <refentrytitle > sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle> <manvolnum > 3</manvolnum> </citerefentry>
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</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
