---
name: "journal_destroy"
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_destroy"
---

# journal\_destroy(9)

Release a journal\_t structure.

## NAME

journal\_destroy - Release a journal\_t structure.

## SYNOPSIS

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

## ARGUMENTS

*journal*

Journal to act on.

## DESCRIPTION

Release a journal\_t structure once it is no longer in use by the journaled object. Return \<0 if we couldn't clean up the journal.

## AUTHORS

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

Author.

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

Author.

## COPYRIGHT