<title>Description</title>
<para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
- <filename>.path</filename> encodes information about
+ <literal>.path</literal> encodes information about
a path monitored by systemd, for
path-based activation.</para>
<varname>PathExists=</varname> may be
used to watch the mere existence of a
file or directory. If the file
- specified exists the configured unit
+ specified exists, the configured unit
is
activated. <varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname>
works similar, but checks for the
combined, of the same and of different
types, to watch multiple paths. If the
empty string is assigned to any of
- these options the list of paths to
+ these options, the list of paths to
watch is reset, and any prior
assignments of these options will not
have any effect.</para>
when any of the configured paths
changes. The argument is a unit name,
whose suffix is not
- <filename>.path</filename>. If not
+ <literal>.path</literal>. If not
specified, this value defaults to a
service that has the same name as the
path unit, except for the suffix. (See
<term><varname>MakeDirectory=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true the directories to
+ argument. If true, the directories to
watch are created before
watching. This option is ignored for
<varname>PathExists=</varname>
<listitem><para>If
<varname>MakeDirectory=</varname> is
- enabled use the mode specified here to
+ enabled, use the mode specified here to
create the directories in
question. Takes an access mode in
octal notation. Defaults to