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<refentry id="sd_journal_get_cursor">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_journal_get_cursor</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_journal_get_cursor</refname>
<refpurpose>Get cursor string for the current journal entry</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_get_cursor</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>char ** <parameter>cursor</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>sd_journal_get_cursor()</function>
returns a cursor string for the current journal
entry. A cursor is a serialization of the current
journal position in text form. The string only
contains printable characters and can be passed around
in text form. The cursor identifies a journal entry
globally and in a stable way and may be used to later
seek to it via
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
cursor string should be considered opaque and not be
parsed by clients. Seeking to a cursor position
without the specific entry being available locally
will seek to the next closest (in terms of time)
available entry. The call takes two arguments: a
journal context object and a pointer to a
string pointer where the cursor string will be
placed. The string is allocated via libc <citerefentry><refentrytitle>malloc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> and should
be freed after use with
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para>Note that this function will not work before
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
(or related call) has been called at least
once, in order to position the read pointer at a valid entry.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
<para><function>sd_journal_get_cursor()</function>
returns 0 on success or a negative errno-style error
code.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>The <function>sd_journal_get_cursor()</function>
interface is available as shared library, which can be
compiled and linked to with the
<literal>libsystemd-journal</literal>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>