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NAME top

   sd_journal_enumerate_fields, sd_journal_restart_fields,
   SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_FIELD - Read used field names from the journal

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <systemd/sd-journal.h>**

   **int sd_journal_enumerate_fields(sd_journal ***_j_**,**
                                   **const char** _field_**);**

   **void sd_journal_restart_fields(sd_journal ***_j_**);**

   **SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_FIELD(sd_journal ***_j_**, const char ***_field_**);**

DESCRIPTION top

   **sd_journal_enumerate_fields()** may be used to iterate through all
   field names used in the opened journal files. On each invocation
   the next field name is returned. The order of the returned field
   names is not defined. It takes two arguments: the journal context
   object, plus a pointer to a constant string pointer where the
   field name is stored in. The returned data is in a read-only
   memory map and is only valid until the next invocation of
   **sd_journal_enumerate_fields()**. Note that this call is subject to
   the data field size threshold as controlled by
   **sd_journal_set_data_threshold()**.

   **sd_journal_restart_fields()** resets the field name enumeration
   index to the beginning of the list. The next invocation of
   **sd_journal_enumerate_fields()** will return the first field name
   again.

   The **SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_FIELD()** macro may be used as a handy
   wrapper around **sd_journal_restart_fields()** and
   **sd_journal_enumerate_fields()**.

   These functions currently are not influenced by matches set with
   **sd_journal_add_match()** but this might change in a later version of
   this software.

   To retrieve the possible values a specific field can take use
   [sd_journal_query_unique(3)](../man3/sd%5Fjournal%5Fquery%5Funique.3.html).

RETURN VALUE top

   **sd_journal_enumerate_fields()** returns a positive integer if the
   next field name has been read, 0 when no more field names are
   known, or a negative errno-style error code.
   **sd_journal_restart_fields()** returns nothing.

NOTES top

   All functions listed here are thread-agnostic and only a single
   specific thread may operate on a given object during its entire
   lifetime. It is safe to allocate multiple independent objects and
   use each from a specific thread in parallel. However, it is not
   safe to allocate such an object in one thread, and operate or free
   it from any other, even if locking is used to ensure these threads
   do not operate on it at the very same time.

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

EXAMPLES top

   Use the **SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_FIELD()** macro to iterate through all
   field names in use in the current journal.

       /* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */

       #include <errno.h>
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <systemd/sd-journal.h>

       int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         sd_journal *j;
         const char *field;
         int r;

         r = sd_journal_open(&j, SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY);
         if (r < 0) {
           fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open journal: %s\n", strerror(-r));
           return 1;
         }
         SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_FIELD(j, field)
           printf("%s\n", field);
         sd_journal_close(j);
         return 0;
       }

HISTORY top

   **sd_journal_enumerate_fields()**, **sd_journal_restart_fields()**, and
   **SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_FIELD()** were added in version 229.

SEE ALSO top

   [systemd(1)](../man1/systemd.1.html), [systemd.journal-fields(7)](../man7/systemd.journal-fields.7.html), [sd-journal(3)](../man3/sd-journal.3.html),
   [sd_journal_open(3)](../man3/sd%5Fjournal%5Fopen.3.html), [sd_journal_query_unique(3)](../man3/sd%5Fjournal%5Fquery%5Funique.3.html),
   [sd_journal_get_data(3)](../man3/sd%5Fjournal%5Fget%5Fdata.3.html), [sd_journal_add_match(3)](../man3/sd%5Fjournal%5Fadd%5Fmatch.3.html)

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