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- <a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 215</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="sd_journal_get_cursor"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>sd_journal_get_cursor, sd_journal_test_cursor — Get cursor string for or test cursor string against the current journal entry</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><pre class="funcsynopsisinfo">#include <systemd/sd-journal.h></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_get_cursor</b>(</code></td><td>sd_journal *<var class="pdparam">j</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>char **<var class="pdparam">cursor</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_test_cursor</b>(</code></td><td>sd_journal *<var class="pdparam">j</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>const char *<var class="pdparam">cursor</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214172116480"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p><code class="function">sd_journal_get_cursor()</code>
+ <a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 217</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="sd_journal_get_cursor"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>sd_journal_get_cursor, sd_journal_test_cursor — Get cursor string for or test cursor string against the current journal entry</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><pre class="funcsynopsisinfo">#include <systemd/sd-journal.h></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_get_cursor</b>(</code></td><td>sd_journal *<var class="pdparam">j</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>char **<var class="pdparam">cursor</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_test_cursor</b>(</code></td><td>sd_journal *<var class="pdparam">j</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>const char *<var class="pdparam">cursor</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214176235488"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p><code class="function">sd_journal_get_cursor()</code>
returns a cursor string for the current journal
entry. A cursor is a serialization of the current
journal position formatted as text. The string only
string is allocated via libc
<a href="malloc.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">malloc</span>(3)</span></a>
and should be freed after use with
- <a href="free.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">free</span>(3)</span></a>.</p><p>Note that
+ <a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/free.3.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">free</span>(3)</span></a>.</p><p>Note that
<code class="function">sd_journal_get_cursor()</code> will not
work before
<a href="sd_journal_next.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sd_journal_next</span>(3)</span></a>
<a href="sd_journal_seek_cursor.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sd_journal_seek_cursor</span>(3)</span></a>
whether the entry being sought to was actually found
in the journal or the next closest entry was used
- instead.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214172307584"></a><h2 id="Return Value">Return Value<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Return%20Value">¶</a></h2><p><code class="function">sd_journal_get_cursor()</code>
+ instead.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214180182880"></a><h2 id="Return Value">Return Value<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Return%20Value">¶</a></h2><p><code class="function">sd_journal_get_cursor()</code>
returns 0 on success or a negative errno-style error
code. <code class="function">sd_journal_test_cursor()</code>
returns positive if the current entry matches the
specified cursor, 0 if it does not match the specified
cursor or a negative errno-style error code on
- failure.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214172304784"></a><h2 id="Notes">Notes<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Notes">¶</a></h2><p>The <code class="function">sd_journal_get_cursor()</code>
+ failure.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214180180080"></a><h2 id="Notes">Notes<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Notes">¶</a></h2><p>The <code class="function">sd_journal_get_cursor()</code>
and <code class="function">sd_journal_test_cursor()</code>
interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
- <code class="constant">libsystemd</code> <a href="pkg-config.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkg-config</span>(1)</span></a>
- file.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214172300656"></a><h2 id="See Also">See Also<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#See%20Also">¶</a></h2><p>
+ <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="idm214180175680"></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>,