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authorLeon M. George <leon@georgemail.eu>2022-10-19 17:22:48 +0200
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2022-10-20 10:28:52 +0200
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man: document effect of --user on --unit with journalctl
Relates to #25061.
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@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@
<listitem><para>Show messages from system services and the kernel (with
<option>--system</option>). Show messages from service of current user (with
<option>--user</option>). If neither is specified, show all messages that the user can see.
- </para></listitem>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The <option>--user</option> option affects how <option>--unit</option> arguments are
+ treated. See <option>--unit</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -282,6 +285,9 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
unit, all logs of children of the slice will be shown.</para>
+ <para>With <option>--user</option>, all <option>--unit</option> arguments will be converted to match
+ user messages as if specified with <option>--user-unit</option>.</para>
+
<para>This parameter can be specified multiple times.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>