---
name: "journal_create"
section: "9"
platform: "linux"
package: "linux-manual-3.16"
version: "3.16.56-1+deb8u1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/journal_create"
---

# journal\_create(9)

Initialise the new journal file

## NAME

journal\_create - Initialise the new journal file

## SYNOPSIS

**int journal\_create(journal\_t \*** *journal***);**

## ARGUMENTS

*journal*

Journal to create. This structure must have been initialised

## DESCRIPTION

Given a journal\_t structure which tells us which disk blocks we can use, create a new journal superblock and initialise all of the journal fields from scratch.

## AUTHORS

**Roger Gammans** \<rgammans@computer-surgery.co.uk\>

Author.

**Stephen Tweedie** \<sct@redhat.com\>

Author.

## COPYRIGHT