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<title>Description</title>
- <para><command>systemctl</command> may be used to
- introspect and control the state of the
+ <para><command>systemctl</command> may be used to introspect and
+ control the state of the <literal>systemd</literal> system and
+ service manager. Please refer to
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- system and service manager.</para>
+ for an introduction into the basic concepts and functionality this
+ tool manages.</para>
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file.</para>
<para>This command should not be confused with the
- <command>daemon-reload</command> or <command>load</command>
- commands.</para>
+ <command>daemon-reload</command> command.</para>
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<para>Reload systemd manager configuration. This will reload
all unit files and recreate the entire dependency
tree. While the daemon is being reloaded, all sockets systemd
- listens on on behalf of user configuration will stay
+ listens on behalf of user configuration will stay
accessible.</para> <para>This command should not be confused
- with the <command>load</command> or
- <command>reload</command> commands.</para>
+ with the <command>reload</command> command.</para>
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<para>Checks whether the system is running. This returns
success when the system is fully up and running, meaning
- not in startup, shutdown or maintainance mode. Failure is
+ not in startup, shutdown or maintenance mode. Failure is
returned otherwise. In addition, the current state is
printed in a short string to standard output. Use
<option>--quiet</option> to suppress output of this state