In the case where no entries have been added to the journal after the specified cursor, set need_seek before the main loop to prevent display of the entry at said cursor. --- src/journal/journalctl.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c index 5c2a56d..3cec9a0 100644 --- a/src/journal/journalctl.c +++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c @@ -1934,9 +1934,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { else r = sd_journal_previous_skip(j, 1 + !!arg_after_cursor); - if (arg_after_cursor && r < 2 && !arg_follow) + if (arg_after_cursor && r < 2) { /* We couldn't find the next entry after the cursor. */ - arg_lines = 0; + if (arg_follow) + need_seek = true; + else + arg_lines = 0; + } } else if (arg_since_set && !arg_reverse) { r = sd_journal_seek_realtime_usec(j, arg_since); -- 1.9.3 _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel