SD_JOURNAL_GET_CATALOG(3)

NAME
sd_journal_get_catalog, sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id - Retrieve message catalog entry

SYNOPSIS

#include <systemd/sd-journal.h>

int sd_journal_get_catalog(sd_journal *j, char **ret);

int sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id(sd_id128_t id, char **ret);

DESCRIPTION

sd_journal_get_catalog() retrieves a message catalog entry for the current journal entry. This will look up an entry in the message catalog by using the "MESSAGE_ID=" field of the current journal entry. Before returning the entry all journal field names in the catalog entry text enclosed in "@" will be replaced by the respective field values of the current entry. If a field name referenced in the message catalog entry does not exist, in the current journal entry, the "@" will be removed, but the field name otherwise left untouched.

sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id() works similar to sd_journal_get_catalog() but the entry is looked up by the specified message ID (no open journal context is necessary for this), and no field substitution is performed.

For more information about the journal message catalog please refer to the Journal Message Catalogs[1] documentation page.

RETURN VALUE

sd_journal_get_catalog() and sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id() return 0 on success or a negative errno-style error code. If no matching message catalog entry is found, -ENOENT is returned.

On successful return, ret points to a new string, which must be freed with free(3).

NOTES

Function sd_journal_get_catalog() is thread-agnostic and only a single thread may operate on a given object at any given time. Multiple independent objects may be used from different threads in parallel.

Function sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id() is thread-safe and may be called from multiple threads in parallel.

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

HISTORY

sd_journal_get_catalog() and sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id() were added in version 196.

SEE ALSO

systemd(1), systemd.journal-fields(7), sd-journal(3), sd_journal_open(3), sd_journal_next(3), sd_journal_get_data(3), malloc(3)

NOTES

1.  Journal Message Catalogs
    https://systemd.io/CATALOG