From: Lennart Poettering Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:19:36 +0000 (+0100) Subject: man: document systemd-cat(1) X-Git-Tag: v44~7 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9aac0b2c19c558b853da7a6d67a0929b2d44dee4;p=systemd man: document systemd-cat(1) --- diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index d2bd3404..1e07ebae 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -691,7 +691,8 @@ MANPAGES = \ man/machine-info.5 \ man/modules-load.d.5 \ man/sysctl.d.5 \ - man/systemd-ask-password.1 + man/systemd-ask-password.1 \ + man/systemd-cat.1 MANPAGES_ALIAS = \ man/reboot.8 \ diff --git a/man/systemd-cat.xml b/man/systemd-cat.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..41b36853 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/systemd-cat.xml @@ -0,0 +1,205 @@ + + + + + + + + + systemd-cat + systemd + + + + Developer + Lennart + Poettering + lennart@poettering.net + + + + + + systemd-cat + 1 + + + + systemd-cat + Connect a pipeline or program's output with the journal + + + + + systemd-cat OPTIONS COMMAND ARGUMENTS + + + systemd-cat OPTIONS + + + + + Description + + systemd-cat may be used to + connect STDOUT and STDERR of a process with the + journal, or as a filter tool in a shell pipeline to + pass the output the previous pipeline element + generates to the journal. + + If no parameter is passed + systemd-command will write + everything it reads from standard input (STDIN) to the journal. + + If parameters are passed they are executed as + command line with standard output (STDOUT) and standard + error output (STDERR) connected to the journal, so + that all it writes is stored in the journal. + + + + Options + + The following options are understood: + + + + + + + Prints a short help + text and exits. + + + + + + Prints a short version + string and exits. + + + + + + + Specify a short string + that is used to identify the logging + tool. If not specified no identifying + string is written to the journal. + + + + + + + Specify the default + priority level for the logged + messages. Pass one of + emerg, + alert, + crit, + err, + warning, + notice, + info, + debug, resp. a + value between 0 and 7 (corresponding + to the same named levels). These + priority values are the same as + defined by + syslog3. Defaults + to info. Note that + this simply controls the default, + individual lines may be logged with + different levels if they are prefixed + accordingly. For details see + + below. + + + + + + Controls whether lines + read are parsed for syslog priority + level prefixes. If enabled (the + default) a line prefixed with a + priority prefix such as + <5> is logged + at priority 5 + (notice), and + similar for the other priority + levels. Takes a boolean + argument. + + + + + + + + Exit status + + On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure + code otherwise. + + + + Examples + + + Invoke a program + + This calls /bin/ls + with STDOUT/STDERR connected to the + journal: + + # systemd-cat ls + + + + Usage in a shell pipeline + + This builds a shell pipeline also + invoking /bin/ls and + writes the output it generates to the + journal: + + # ls | systemd-cat + + + Even though the two examples have very similar + effects the first is preferable since only one process + is running at a time, and both STDOUT and STDERR are + captured while in the second example only STDOUT is + captured. + + + + See Also + + systemd1, + systemctl1, + logger1 + + + + diff --git a/man/systemd-notify.xml b/man/systemd-notify.xml index 59d6b2fd..c5ffafe8 100644 --- a/man/systemd-notify.xml +++ b/man/systemd-notify.xml @@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ text and exits. + + + + Prints a short version + string and exits. + + diff --git a/src/journal/cat.c b/src/journal/cat.c index 6745f1ce..31d76f33 100644 --- a/src/journal/cat.c +++ b/src/journal/cat.c @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) { static const struct option options[] = { { "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' }, - { "version" , no_argument, NULL, ARG_VERSION }, + { "version", no_argument, NULL, ARG_VERSION }, { "identifier", required_argument, NULL, 't' }, { "priority", required_argument, NULL, 'p' }, { "level-prefix", required_argument, NULL, ARG_LEVEL_PREFIX }, @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { fd = sd_journal_stream_fd(arg_identifier, arg_priority, arg_level_prefix); if (fd < 0) { - log_error("Failed to create stream fd: %s", strerror(fd)); + log_error("Failed to create stream fd: %s", strerror(-fd)); r = fd; goto finish; } @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { if (dup3(fd, STDOUT_FILENO, 0) < 0 || dup3(fd, STDERR_FILENO, 0) < 0) { - log_error("Failed to duplicate fd: %s", strerror(fd)); + log_error("Failed to duplicate fd: %m"); r = -errno; goto finish; } @@ -163,12 +163,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { else execvp(argv[optind], argv + optind); + r = -errno; + /* Let's try to restore a working stderr, so we can print the error message */ if (saved_stderr >= 0) dup3(saved_stderr, STDERR_FILENO, 0); - log_error("Failed to execute process: %m"); - r = -errno; + log_error("Failed to execute process: %s", strerror(-r)); finish: if (fd >= 0) diff --git a/src/notify.c b/src/notify.c index 9d52bdfd..943808eb 100644 --- a/src/notify.c +++ b/src/notify.c @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ #include "util.h" #include "log.h" #include "sd-readahead.h" +#include "build.h" static bool arg_ready = false; static pid_t arg_pid = 0; @@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ static int help(void) { printf("%s [OPTIONS...] [VARIABLE=VALUE...]\n\n" "Notify the init system about service status updates.\n\n" " -h --help Show this help\n" + " --version Show package version\n" " --ready Inform the init system about service start-up completion\n" " --pid[=PID] Set main pid of daemon\n" " --status=TEXT Set status text\n" @@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) { enum { ARG_READY = 0x100, + ARG_VERSION, ARG_PID, ARG_STATUS, ARG_BOOTED, @@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) { static const struct option options[] = { { "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' }, + { "version", no_argument, NULL, ARG_VERSION }, { "ready", no_argument, NULL, ARG_READY }, { "pid", optional_argument, NULL, ARG_PID }, { "status", required_argument, NULL, ARG_STATUS }, @@ -88,6 +92,12 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) { help(); return 0; + case ARG_VERSION: + puts(PACKAGE_STRING); + puts(DISTRIBUTION); + puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES); + return 0; + case ARG_READY: arg_ready = true; break;