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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index a3c67f5e82..0ecab521fa 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -887,18 +887,34 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>--flush</option></term> - <listitem><para>Asks the journal daemon to flush any log data - stored in <filename>/run/log/journal</filename> into - <filename>/var/log/journal</filename>, if persistent storage - is enabled. This call does not return until the operation is - complete. Note that this call is idempotent: the data is only - flushed from <filename>/run/log/journal</filename> into - <filename>/var/log/journal</filename> once during system - runtime, and this command exits cleanly without executing any - operation if this has already happened. This command - effectively guarantees that all data is flushed to - <filename>/var/log/journal</filename> at the time it - returns.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Asks the journal daemon to flush any log data stored in + <filename>/run/log/journal/</filename> into <filename>/var/log/journal/</filename>, if persistent + storage is enabled. This call does not return until the operation is complete. Note that this call is + idempotent: the data is only flushed from <filename>/run/log/journal/</filename> into + <filename>/var/log/journal</filename> once during system runtime (but see + <option>--relinquish-var</option> below), and this command exits cleanly without executing any + operation if this has already happened. This command effectively guarantees that all data is flushed + to <filename>/var/log/journal</filename> at the time it returns.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--relinquish-var</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Asks the journal daemon for the reverse operation to <option>--flush</option>: if + requested the daemon will write further log data to <filename>/run/log/journal/</filename> and stops + writing to <filename>/var/log/journal/</filename>. A subsequent call to <option>--flush</option> + causes the log output to switch back to <filename>/var/log/journal/</filename>, see + above.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--smart-relinquish-var</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Similar to <option>--relinquish-var</option> but executes no operation if the root file + system and <filename>/var/lib/journal/</filename> reside on the same mount point. This operation is + used during system shutdown in order to make the journal daemon stop writing data to + <filename>/var/log/journal/</filename> in case that directory is located on a mount point that needs + to be unmounted.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |