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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2020-07-28 19:28:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2020-08-05 20:34:58 +0200 |
| commit | 71b1d2ded19c727665a73c49d159500aa6ff3ece (patch) | |
| tree | 4ae9ffe7ec588034c44b55ff14b6971705447953 /man/journalctl.xml | |
| parent | cc171228d43b8ab4141214f9193a62b15187f595 (diff) | |
| download | systemd-71b1d2ded19c727665a73c49d159500aa6ff3ece.tar.gz | |
man: document the new --image= switches in journalctl/sysusers/tmpfiles
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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index 07310d90a1..a03493fc35 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -756,17 +756,30 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>--root=<replaceable>ROOT</replaceable></option></term> - <listitem><para>Takes a directory path as an argument. If - specified, journalctl will operate on journal directories and catalog file hierarchy - underneath the specified directory instead of the root - directory (e.g. <option>--update-catalog</option> will create - <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/var/lib/systemd/catalog/database</filename>, - and journal files under <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/run/journal/</filename> - or <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/var/log/journal/</filename> will be displayed). + <listitem><para>Takes a directory path as an argument. If specified, <command>journalctl</command> + will operate on journal directories and catalog file hierarchy underneath the specified directory + instead of the root directory (e.g. <option>--update-catalog</option> will create + <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/var/lib/systemd/catalog/database</filename>, and journal + files under <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/run/journal/</filename> or + <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/var/log/journal/</filename> will be displayed). </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>--image=<replaceable>IMAGE</replaceable></option></term> + + <listitem><para>Takes a path to a disk image file or block device node. If specified, + <command>journalctl</command> will operate on the file system in the indicated disk image. This is + similar to <option>--root=</option> but operates on file systems stored in disk images or block + devices, thus providing an easy way to extract log data from disk images. The disk image should + either contain just a file system or a set of file systems within a GPT partition table, following + the <ulink url="https://systemd.io/DISCOVERABLE_PARTITIONS">Discoverable Partitions + Specification</ulink>. For further information on supported disk images, see + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s + switch of the same name.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><option>--namespace=<replaceable>NAMESPACE</replaceable></option></term> <listitem><para>Takes a journal namespace identifier string as argument. If not specified the data |