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<refentry id="sd_journal_get_fd">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_journal_get_fd</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_get_fd</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_journal_get_fd</refname>
<refname>sd_journal_reliable_fd</refname>
<refname>sd_journal_process</refname>
<refname>sd_journal_wait</refname>
<refname>SD_JOURNAL_NOP</refname>
<refname>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</refname>
<refname>SD_JOURNAL_INVALIDATE</refname>
<refpurpose>Journal change notification
interface</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_get_fd</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_reliable_fd</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_process</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_wait</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>timeout_usec</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function> returns
a file descriptor that may be asynchronously polled in
an external event loop and is signaled readable as
soon as the journal changes, because new entries or
files were added, rotation took place, or files have
been deleted, and similar. The file descriptor is
suitable for usage in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>poll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
where it will yield POLLIN on changes. The call takes
one argument: the journal context object. Note that
not all file systems are capable of generating the
necessary events for wakeups from this file descriptor
to be enirely reliable. In particular network files
systems do not generate suitable file change events in
all cases. In such a case an application should not
rely alone on wake-ups from this file descriptor but
wake up and recheck the journal in regular time
intervals, for example every 2s. To detect
cases where this is necessary, use
<function>sd_journal_reliable_fd()</function>,
below.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_reliable_fd()</function>
may be used to check whether the wakeup events from
the file descriptor returned by
<function>sd_journal_get_fd</function> are sufficient
to track changes to the journal. If this call returns
0, it is necessary to regularly recheck for journal
changes (suggestion: every 2s). If this call returns a
positive integer this is not necessary, and wakeups
from the file descriptor returned by
<function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function> are
sufficient as only source for wake-ups.</para>
<para>After each POLLIN wake-up
<function>sd_journal_process()</function> needs to be
called to process events and reset the readable state
of the file descriptor. This call will also indicate
what kind of change has been detected (see below; note
that spurious wake-ups are possible).</para>
<para>A synchronous alternative for using
<function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_reliable_fd()</function> and
<function>sd_journal_process()</function> is
<function>sd_journal_wait()</function>. It will
synchronously wait until the journal gets changed,
possibly using a 2s time-out if this is necessary (see
above). In either way the maximum time this call
sleeps may be controlled with the
<parameter>timeout_usec</parameter> parameter. Pass
<literal>(uint64_t) -1</literal> to wait
indefinitely. Internally this call simply combines
<function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_reliable_fd()</function>,
<function>poll()</function> and
<function>sd_journal_process()</function> into
one.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
<para><function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function> returns a valid file descriptor on success or a negative errno-style error
code.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_reliable_fd()</function>
returns a positive integer if the file descriptor
returned by <function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function>
is sufficient as sole wake-up source for journal
change events. Returns 0 if it is not sufficient and
the journal needs to be checked manually in regular
time intervals for changes. Returns a negative
errno-style error code on failure.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_process()</function> and
<function>sd_journal_wait()</function> return one of
<literal>SD_JOURNAL_NOP</literal>,
<literal>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</literal> or
<literal>SD_JOURNAL_INVALIDATE</literal> on success or
a negative errno-style error code. If
<literal>SD_JOURNAL_NOP</literal> is returned the
journal didn't change since the last invocation. If
<literal>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</literal> is returned new
entries have been appended to the end of the
journal. If <literal>SD_JOURNAL_INVALIDATE</literal>
journal files were added or removed (possibly due to
rotation). In the latter event live-view UIs should
probably refresh their entire display while in the
case of <literal>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</literal> it is
sufficient to simply continue reading at the previous
end of the journal.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>The <function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_reliable_fd()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_process()</function> and
<function>sd_journal_wait()</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, in a live view tracking all changes:</para>
<programlisting>#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
#include &lt;string.h&gt;
#include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int r;
sd_journal *j;
r = sd_journal_open(&amp;j, SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY);
if (r &lt; 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open journal: %s\n", strerror(-r));
return 1;
}
for (;;) {
const void *d;
size_t l;
r = sd_journal_next(j);
if (r &lt; 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to iterate to next entry: %s\n", strerror(-r));
break;
}
if (r == 0) {
/* Reached the end, let's wait for changes, and try again */
r = sd_journal_wait(j, (uint64_t) -1);
if (r &lt; 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to wait for changes: %s\n", strerror(-r));
break;
}
continue;
}
r = sd_journal_get_data(j, "MESSAGE", &amp;d, &amp;l);
if (r &lt; 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read message field: %s\n", strerror(-r));
continue;
}
printf("%.*s\n", (int) l, (const char*) d);
}
sd_journal_close(j);
return 0;
}</programlisting>
<para>Waiting with <function>poll()</function> (this
example lacks all error checking for the sake of
simplicity):</para>
<programlisting>#include &lt;sys/poll.h&gt;
#include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;
int wait_for_changes(sd_journal *j) {
struct pollfd pollfd;
pollfd.fd = sd_journal_get_fd(j);
pollfd.events = POLLIN;
poll(&amp;pollfd, 1, sd_journal_reliable_fd(j) &gt; 0 ? -1 : 2000);
return sd_journal_process(j);
}
</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>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>poll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>