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NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | NOTES | HISTORY | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON 

SD_JOURN...ME_FILES(3) sd_journal_has_runtime_filesSD_JOURN...ME_FILES(3)

NAME         top

       sd_journal_has_runtime_files, sd_journal_has_persistent_files -
       Query availability of runtime or persistent journal files

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <systemd/sd-journal.h>

       int sd_journal_has_runtime_files(sd_journal *j);

       int sd_journal_has_persistent_files(sd_journal *j);

DESCRIPTION         top

       sd_journal_has_runtime_files() returns a positive value if runtime
       journal files (present in /run/systemd/journal/) have been found.
       Otherwise, returns 0.

       sd_journal_has_persistent_files() returns a positive value if
       persistent journal files (present in /var/log/journal/) have been
       found. Otherwise, returns 0.

RETURN VALUE         top

       Both sd_journal_has_runtime_files() and
       sd_journal_has_persistent_files() return -EINVAL if their argument
       is NULL.

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_has_runtime_files() and
       sd_journal_has_persistent_files() were added in version 229.

SEE ALSO         top

       systemd(1), sd-journal(3)

COLOPHON         top

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