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udev: builtin - use RUN rather than IMPORT for loading modules
[elogind.git] / man / systemd.service.xml
index d2feb98247ba53b92d038fb00873c1ab9fcfac6e..2dd3b1977323dfc981bf656d3080bd70db2cea0a 100644 (file)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
-                <para><filename>systemd.service</filename></para>
+                <para><filename><replaceable>service</replaceable>.service</filename></para>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
                                 <term><varname>ExecStart=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Commands with their
                                 arguments that are executed when this
                                 <term><varname>ExecStart=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Commands with their
                                 arguments that are executed when this
-                                service is started.
-                                </para>
+                                service is started. The first
+                                argument must be an absolute path
+                                name.</para>
 
                                 <para>When
                                 <varname>Type=oneshot</varname> is
 
                                 <para>When
                                 <varname>Type=oneshot</varname> is
                                 word on the command line, in which
                                 case it will be replaced by the value
                                 of the environment variable split up
                                 word on the command line, in which
                                 case it will be replaced by the value
                                 of the environment variable split up
-                                at whitespace, resulting in no or more
+                                at whitespace, resulting in zero or more
                                 arguments. Note that the first
                                 argument (i.e. the program to execute)
                                 arguments. Note that the first
                                 argument (i.e. the program to execute)
-                                may not be a variable, and must be a
-                                literal and absolute path
+                                may not be a variable, since it must
+                                be a literal and absolute path
                                 name.</para>
 
                                 <para>Optionally, if the absolute file
                                 name.</para>
 
                                 <para>Optionally, if the absolute file
                                 <term><varname>ExecStopPost=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Additional commands
                                 that are executed after the service
                                 <term><varname>ExecStopPost=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Additional commands
                                 that are executed after the service
-                                was stopped using the commands
-                                configured in
-                                <varname>ExecStop=</varname>. This
+                                was stopped. This includes cases where
+                                the commands configured in
+                                <varname>ExecStop=</varname> were used,
+                                where the service doesn't have any
+                                <varname>ExecStop=</varname> defined, or
+                                where the service exited unexpectedly. This
                                 argument takes multiple command lines,
                                 following the same scheme as described
                                 for <varname>ExecStart</varname>. Use
                                 argument takes multiple command lines,
                                 following the same scheme as described
                                 for <varname>ExecStart</varname>. Use