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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2022-01-12 10:39:00 +0100 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2022-01-12 16:05:59 +0100 |
| commit | 931bc1957b13817fcb0ffe69958dd562202c8e4c (patch) | |
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diff --git a/docs/JOURNAL_FILE_FORMAT.md b/docs/JOURNAL_FILE_FORMAT.md index 2bfc7a10ca..c2a9780f41 100644 --- a/docs/JOURNAL_FILE_FORMAT.md +++ b/docs/JOURNAL_FILE_FORMAT.md @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later _Note that this document describes the binary on-disk format of journals only. For interfacing with web technologies there's the [Journal JSON -Format](http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/json). For transfer +Format](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/json). For transfer of journal data across the network there's the [Journal Export -Format](http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export)._ +Format](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export)._ The systemd journal stores log data in a binary format with several features: @@ -32,30 +32,30 @@ keep this document up-to-date and accurate. Instead of implementing your own reader or writer for journal files we ask you to use the [Journal's native C -API](http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd-journal.html) to access +API](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd-journal.html) to access these files. It provides you with full access to the files, and will not withhold any data. If you find a limitation, please ping us and we might add some additional interfaces for you. If you need access to the raw journal data in serialized stream form without C API our recommendation is to make use of the [Journal Export -Format](http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export), which you can +Format](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export), which you can get via "journalctl -o export" or via systemd-journal-gatewayd. The export format is much simpler to parse, but complete and accurate. Due to its stream-based nature it is not indexed. _Or, to put this in other words: this low-level document is probably not what you want to use as base of your project. You want our [C -API](http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd-journal.html) instead! +API](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd-journal.html) instead! And if you really don't want the C API, then you want the [Journal Export -Format](http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export) instead! This +Format](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export) instead! This document is primarily for your entertainment and education. Thank you!_ This document assumes you have a basic understanding of the journal concepts, the properties of a journal entry and so on. If not, please go and read up, then come back! This is a good opportunity to read about the [basic properties of journal -entries](http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.journal-fields.html), +entries](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.journal-fields.html), in particular realize that they may include binary non-text data (though usually don't), and the same field might have multiple values assigned within the same entry. |