X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.path.xml;h=8c782b85311b9f685b54d0521e2bf828cac9d454;hb=0b5a519c89b5fb48ec7a3cfbd9c02283ae0f23ac;hp=cc2d366198270c71c3e487cf30c7f10d10691843;hpb=e670b166a08b7c1031a9e7d7675fa9a29c3e19c9;p=elogind.git diff --git a/man/systemd.path.xml b/man/systemd.path.xml index cc2d36619..8c782b853 100644 --- a/man/systemd.path.xml +++ b/man/systemd.path.xml @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Description A unit configuration file whose name ends in - .path encodes information about + .path encodes information about a path monitored by systemd, for path-based activation. @@ -88,16 +88,15 @@ point in the file system hierarchy, a dependency between both units is created automatically. - Unless DefaultDependencies= - is set to , path units will - implicitly have dependencies of type - Conflicts= and + Unless DefaultDependencies=false + is used, path units will implicitly have dependencies of + type Conflicts= and Before= on shutdown.target. These ensure that path units are terminated cleanly prior to system shutdown. Only path units involved with early boot or - late system shutdown should disable this - option. + late system shutdown should disable this option. + @@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ assignments of these options will not have any effect. - If a path is already existing + If a path already exists (in case of PathExists= and PathExistsGlob=) or @@ -168,7 +167,15 @@ activated, then the configured unit is immediately activated as well. Something similar does not apply - to PathChanged=. + to PathChanged= and + PathModified=. + + If the path itself or any of the + containing directories are not + accessible, systemd + will watch for permission changes and + notice that conditions are satisfied + when permissions allow that. @@ -178,7 +185,7 @@ when any of the configured paths changes. The argument is a unit name, whose suffix is not - .path. If not + .path. If not specified, this value defaults to a service that has the same name as the path unit, except for the suffix. (See