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NAME         top

       sd_journal_get_realtime_usec, sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec - Read
       timestamps from the current journal entry

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <systemd/sd-journal.h>

       int sd_journal_get_realtime_usec(sd_journal *j, uint64_t *usec);

       int sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec(sd_journal *j, uint64_t *usec,
                                         sd_id128_t *boot_id);

DESCRIPTION         top

       sd_journal_get_realtime_usec() gets the realtime (wallclock)
       timestamp of the current journal entry. It takes two arguments:
       the journal context object and a pointer to a 64-bit unsigned
       integer to store the timestamp in. The timestamp is in
       microseconds since the epoch, i.e.  CLOCK_REALTIME.

       sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec() gets the monotonic timestamp of
       the current journal entry. It takes three arguments: the journal
       context object, a pointer to a 64-bit unsigned integer to store
       the timestamp in, as well as a 128-bit ID buffer to store the boot
       ID of the monotonic timestamp. The timestamp is in microseconds
       since boot-up of the specific boot, i.e.  CLOCK_MONOTONIC. Since
       the monotonic clock begins new with every reboot, it only defines
       a well-defined point in time when used together with an identifier
       identifying the boot. See sd_id128_get_boot(3) for more
       information. If the boot ID parameter is passed NULL, the function
       will fail if the monotonic timestamp of the current entry is not
       of the current system boot.

       Note that these functions will not work before sd_journal_next(3)
       (or related call) has been called at least once, in order to
       position the read pointer at a valid entry.

RETURN VALUE         top

       sd_journal_get_realtime_usec() and sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec()
       returns 0 on success or a negative errno-style error code. If the
       boot ID parameter was passed NULL and the monotonic timestamp of
       the current journal entry is not of the current system boot,
       -ESTALE is returned by sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec().

NOTES         top

       All functions listed here are thread-agnostic and only a single
       thread may operate on a given object at any given time. Different
       threads may access the same object at different times. Multiple
       independent objects may be used from different threads in
       parallel.

       Functions described here are available as a shared library, which
       can be compiled against and linked to with the
       libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.

HISTORY         top

       sd_journal_get_realtime_usec() and sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec()
       were added in version 187.

SEE ALSO         top

       systemd(1), sd-journal(3), sd_journal_open(3), sd_journal_next(3),
       sd_journal_get_data(3), sd_journal_get_seqnum(3),
       sd_id128_get_boot(3), clock_gettime(2),
       sd_journal_get_cutoff_realtime_usec(3)

COLOPHON         top

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Pages that refer to this page: sd-journal(3),  sd_journal_get_cutoff_realtime_usec(3),  sd_journal_get_data(3),  sd_journal_get_seqnum(3),  sd_journal_next(3),  sd_journal_seek_head(3),  systemd.directives(7),  systemd.index(7)

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