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+//go:build !linux
+
+// Package journal provides a journalctl-backed file reader.
+package journal
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"runtime"
+
+	"github.com/mimecast/dtail/internal/io/line"
+	"github.com/mimecast/dtail/internal/lcontext"
+	"github.com/mimecast/dtail/internal/regex"
+)
+
+// ErrUnsupported reports that journal reading is only available on Linux.
+var ErrUnsupported = errors.New("journal reader is only supported on linux")
+
+// Reader is an unsupported journal reader stub on non-Linux systems.
+type Reader struct{}
+
+// NewReader returns an unsupported error on non-Linux systems.
+func NewReader(_ []string, _ string, _ bool, _ chan<- string) (*Reader, error) {
+	return nil, errors.Join(ErrUnsupported, errors.New(runtime.GOOS))
+}
+
+// StartWithProcessor returns an unsupported error on non-Linux systems.
+func (r *Reader) StartWithProcessor(context.Context, lcontext.LContext, line.Processor, regex.Regex) error {
+	return ErrUnsupported
+}
+
+// StartWithProcessorOptimized returns an unsupported error on non-Linux systems.
+func (r *Reader) StartWithProcessorOptimized(context.Context, lcontext.LContext, line.Processor, regex.Regex) error {
+	return ErrUnsupported
+}
+
+// FilePath returns the journalctl command name.
+func (r *Reader) FilePath() string {
+	return "journalctl"
+}
+
+// Retry returns false on non-Linux systems.
+func (r *Reader) Retry() bool {
+	return false
+}