diff --git a/Makefile-man.am b/Makefile-man.am
index 0055746a70..12900daa96 100644
--- a/Makefile-man.am
+++ b/Makefile-man.am
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ MANPAGES += \
man/sd_journal_get_fd.3 \
man/sd_journal_get_realtime_usec.3 \
man/sd_journal_get_usage.3 \
+ man/sd_journal_has_runtime_files.3 \
man/sd_journal_next.3 \
man/sd_journal_open.3 \
man/sd_journal_print.3 \
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ MANPAGES_ALIAS += \
man/sd_journal_get_events.3 \
man/sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec.3 \
man/sd_journal_get_timeout.3 \
+ man/sd_journal_has_persistent_files.3 \
man/sd_journal_next_skip.3 \
man/sd_journal_open_container.3 \
man/sd_journal_open_directory.3 \
@@ -711,6 +713,7 @@ man/sd_journal_get_data_threshold.3: man/sd_journal_get_data.3
man/sd_journal_get_events.3: man/sd_journal_get_fd.3
man/sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec.3: man/sd_journal_get_realtime_usec.3
man/sd_journal_get_timeout.3: man/sd_journal_get_fd.3
+man/sd_journal_has_persistent_files.3: man/sd_journal_has_runtime_files.3
man/sd_journal_next_skip.3: man/sd_journal_next.3
man/sd_journal_open_container.3: man/sd_journal_open.3
man/sd_journal_open_directory.3: man/sd_journal_open.3
@@ -1458,6 +1461,9 @@ man/sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec.html: man/sd_journal_get_realtime_usec.html
man/sd_journal_get_timeout.html: man/sd_journal_get_fd.html
$(html-alias)
+man/sd_journal_has_persistent_files.html: man/sd_journal_has_runtime_files.html
+ $(html-alias)
+
man/sd_journal_next_skip.html: man/sd_journal_next.html
$(html-alias)
@@ -2535,6 +2541,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
man/sd_journal_get_fd.xml \
man/sd_journal_get_realtime_usec.xml \
man/sd_journal_get_usage.xml \
+ man/sd_journal_has_runtime_files.xml \
man/sd_journal_next.xml \
man/sd_journal_open.xml \
man/sd_journal_print.xml \
diff --git a/man/sd-journal.xml b/man/sd-journal.xml
index 9b1a52207f..a1185d372b 100644
--- a/man/sd-journal.xml
+++ b/man/sd-journal.xml
@@ -81,9 +81,11 @@
sd_journal_get_cutoff_realtime_usec3,
sd_journal_get_cutoff_monotonic_usec3,
sd_journal_get_usage3,
- sd_journal_get_catalog3
+ sd_journal_get_catalog3,
+ sd_journal_get_fd3,
+ sd_journal_has_runtime_files3
and
- sd_journal_get_fd3
+ sd_journal_has_persistent_files3
for more information about the functions implemented.
Command line access for submitting entries to the journal is
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@
sd_journal_get_fd3,
sd_journal_query_unique3,
sd_journal_get_catalog3,
+ sd_journal_has_runtime_files3,
+ sd_journal_has_persistent_files3,
journalctl1,
sd-id1283,
pkg-config1
diff --git a/man/sd_journal_has_runtime_files.xml b/man/sd_journal_has_runtime_files.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..237e649206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/sd_journal_has_runtime_files.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ sd_journal_has_runtime_files
+ systemd
+
+
+
+ Developer
+ Jan
+ Synáček
+ jan.synacek@gmail.com
+
+
+
+
+
+ sd_journal_has_runtime_files
+ 3
+
+
+
+ sd_journal_has_runtime_files
+ sd_journal_has_persistent_files
+ Query availability of runtime or persistent journal files.
+
+
+
+
+ #include <systemd/sd-journal.h>
+
+
+ int sd_journal_has_runtime_files
+ sd_journal *j
+
+
+
+ int sd_journal_has_persistent_files
+ sd_journal *j
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Description
+
+ sd_journal_has_runtime_files() returns a positive value
+ if runtime journal files (present in /run/systemd/journal/) have been found.
+ Otherwise returns 0.
+
+ sd_journal_has_persistent_files() returns a positive value
+ if persistent journal files (present in /var/log/journal/) have been found.
+ Otherwise returns 0.
+
+
+
+ Return value
+ Both sd_journal_has_runtime_files()
+ and sd_journal_has_persistent_files() return -EINVAL
+ if their argument is NULL.
+
+
+
+
+ See Also
+
+ sd-journal3
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/journal/journal-internal.h b/src/journal/journal-internal.h
index 9ff4fea7fb..fa5ca11636 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-internal.h
+++ b/src/journal/journal-internal.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ struct sd_journal {
removed, and there were no more
files, so sd_j_enumerate_unique
will return a value equal to 0. */
+ bool has_runtime_files:1;
+ bool has_persistent_files:1;
size_t data_threshold;
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index db11421e7a..1686f38c4e 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -1136,10 +1136,11 @@ static int add_boot(sd_journal *j) {
const char *reason = (r == 0) ? "No such boot ID in journal" : strerror(-r);
if (sd_id128_is_null(arg_boot_id))
- log_error("Failed to look up boot %+i: %s", arg_boot_offset, reason);
+ log_error("Data from the specified boot (%+i) is not available: %s",
+ arg_boot_offset, reason);
else
- log_error("Failed to look up boot ID "SD_ID128_FORMAT_STR"%+i: %s",
- SD_ID128_FORMAT_VAL(arg_boot_id), arg_boot_offset, reason);
+ log_error("Data from the specified boot ("SD_ID128_FORMAT_STR") is not available: %s",
+ SD_ID128_FORMAT_VAL(arg_boot_id), reason);
return r == 0 ? -ENODATA : r;
}
@@ -2091,6 +2092,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
assert_not_reached("Unknown action");
}
+ if (arg_boot_offset != 0 &&
+ sd_journal_has_runtime_files(j) > 0 &&
+ sd_journal_has_persistent_files(j) == 0) {
+ log_info("Specifying boot ID has no effect, no persistent journal was found");
+ r = 0;
+ goto finish;
+ }
/* add_boot() must be called first!
* It may need to seek the journal to find parent boot IDs. */
r = add_boot(j);
diff --git a/src/journal/sd-journal.c b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
index cd5160154a..74a5e262f8 100644
--- a/src/journal/sd-journal.c
+++ b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
@@ -1292,6 +1292,12 @@ static int add_file(sd_journal *j, const char *prefix, const char *filename) {
return 0;
path = strjoina(prefix, "/", filename);
+
+ if (!j->has_runtime_files && path_startswith(path, "/run/log/journal"))
+ j->has_runtime_files = true;
+ else if (!j->has_persistent_files && path_startswith(path, "/var/log/journal"))
+ j->has_persistent_files = true;
+
return add_any_file(j, path);
}
@@ -2630,3 +2636,15 @@ _public_ int sd_journal_get_data_threshold(sd_journal *j, size_t *sz) {
*sz = j->data_threshold;
return 0;
}
+
+_public_ int sd_journal_has_runtime_files(sd_journal *j) {
+ assert_return(j, -EINVAL);
+
+ return j->has_runtime_files;
+}
+
+_public_ int sd_journal_has_persistent_files(sd_journal *j) {
+ assert_return(j, -EINVAL);
+
+ return j->has_persistent_files;
+}
diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-journal.h b/src/systemd/sd-journal.h
index 33e36149e9..7f16c69ce5 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-journal.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-journal.h
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ int sd_journal_reliable_fd(sd_journal *j);
int sd_journal_get_catalog(sd_journal *j, char **text);
int sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id(sd_id128_t id, char **text);
+int sd_journal_has_runtime_files(sd_journal *j);
+int sd_journal_has_persistent_files(sd_journal *j);
+
/* the inverse condition avoids ambiguity of danling 'else' after the macro */
#define SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH(j) \
if (sd_journal_seek_head(j) < 0) { } \