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<a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 219</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="sd_journal_next"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>sd_journal_next, sd_journal_previous, sd_journal_next_skip, sd_journal_previous_skip, SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH, SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS — Advance or set back the read pointer in the journal</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><pre class="funcsynopsisinfo">#include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;</pre><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">sd_journal_next</b>(</code></td><td>sd_journal *<var class="pdparam">j</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">sd_journal_previous</b>(</code></td><td>sd_journal *<var class="pdparam">j</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">sd_journal_next_skip</b>(</code></td><td>sd_journal *<var class="pdparam">j</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>uint64_t <var class="pdparam">skip</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">sd_journal_previous_skip</b>(</code></td><td>sd_journal *<var class="pdparam">j</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>uint64_t <var class="pdparam">skip</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef"><b class="fsfunc">SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH</b>(</code></td><td>sd_journal *<var class="pdparam">j</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef"><b class="fsfunc">SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS</b>(</code></td><td>sd_journal *<var class="pdparam">j</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140058934083792"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description"></a></h2><p><code class="function">sd_journal_next()</code> advances the read
pointer into the journal by one entry. The only argument taken is
a journal context object as allocated via
<a href="sd_journal_open.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sd_journal_open</span>(3)</span></a>.
After successful invocation the entry may be read with functions
such as
<a href="sd_journal_get_data.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sd_journal_get_data</span>(3)</span></a>.</p><p>Similarly, <code class="function">sd_journal_previous()</code> sets
the read pointer back one entry.</p><p><code class="function">sd_journal_next_skip()</code> and
<code class="function">sd_journal_previous_skip()</code> advance/set back
the read pointer by multiple entries at once, as specified in the
<code class="varname">skip</code> parameter.</p><p>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.</p><p>Note that
<a href="sd_journal_get_data.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sd_journal_get_data</span>(3)</span></a>
and related calls will fail unless
<code class="function">sd_journal_next()</code> has been invoked at least
once in order to position the read pointer on a journal
entry.</p><p>Note that the <code class="function">SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH()</code>
macro may be used as a wrapper around
<a href="sd_journal_seek_head.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sd_journal_seek_head</span>(3)</span></a>
and <code class="function">sd_journal_next()</code> in order to make
iterating through the journal easier. See below for an example.
Similarly, <code class="function">SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS()</code> may
be used for iterating the journal in reverse order.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140058934070880"></a><h2 id="Return Value">Return Value<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Return%20Value"></a></h2><p>The four calls return the number of entries advanced/set
back on success or a negative errno-style error code. When the end
or beginning of the journal is reached, a number smaller than
requested is returned. More specifically, if
<code class="function">sd_journal_next()</code> or
<code class="function">sd_journal_previous()</code> 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.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140058934060672"></a><h2 id="Notes">Notes<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Notes"></a></h2><p>The <code class="function">sd_journal_next()</code>,
<code class="function">sd_journal_previous()</code>,
<code class="function">sd_journal_next_skip()</code> and
<code class="function">sd_journal_previous_skip()</code> interfaces are
available as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to
with the
<code class="constant">libsystemd</code> <a href="http://linux.die.net/man/1/pkg-config"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkg-config</span>(1)</span></a>
file.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140058934054864"></a><h2 id="Examples">Examples<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Examples"></a></h2><p>Iterating through the journal:</p><pre class="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;
}
SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH(j) {
const char *d;
size_t l;
r = sd_journal_get_data(j, "MESSAGE", (const void **)&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, d);
}
sd_journal_close(j);
return 0;
}</pre></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140058934052128"></a><h2 id="See Also">See Also<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#See%20Also"></a></h2><p>
<a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>,
<a href="sd-journal.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sd-journal</span>(3)</span></a>,
<a href="sd_journal_open.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sd_journal_open</span>(3)</span></a>,
<a href="sd_journal_get_data.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sd_journal_get_data</span>(3)</span></a>,
<a href="sd_journal_get_realtime_usec.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sd_journal_get_realtime_usec</span>(3)</span></a>,
<a href="sd_journal_get_cursor.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sd_journal_get_cursor</span>(3)</span></a>
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