man/sd_journal_open.xml | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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commit 7699b6eb9859ef7fecb1a0e2e156d65ed7d86b2a
Author: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek at in.waw.pl>
Date: Mon Jun 10 10:22:08 2013 -0400
man: add note that sd_journal_open_files is racy
diff --git a/man/sd_journal_open.xml b/man/sd_journal_open.xml
index 4ac94c4..182840e 100644
--- a/man/sd_journal_open.xml
+++ b/man/sd_journal_open.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@
of file paths to open. All files will be opened and
interleaved automatically. This call also takes a
flags argument, but it must be passed as 0 as no flags
- are currently understood for this call.</para>
+ are currently understood for this call. Please note
+ that in case of a live journal, this function is only
+ useful for debugging, because individual journal files
+ can be rotated at any moment, and the opening of
+ specific files in inherently racy.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_close()</function> will
close the journal context allocated with