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diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 7eaf9cbce..c0fc9a989 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
start-up type for this service
unit. One of ,
,
- ,
+ ,
,
.
@@ -129,25 +129,27 @@
configured with
ExecStart= is the
main process of the service. In this
- mode, communication channels must be
- installed before the daemon is started
- up (e.g. sockets set up by systemd,
- via socket activation), as systemd
- will immediately proceed starting
- follow-up units.
+ mode, if the process offers
+ functionality to other processes on
+ the system its communication channels
+ should be installed before the daemon
+ is started up (e.g. sockets set up by
+ systemd, via socket activation), as
+ systemd will immediately proceed
+ starting follow-up units.
If set to
it is
expected that the process configured
with ExecStart=
- will start up and call
- fork(). The
- parent process is expected to finish
- when start-up is complete and all
- communication channels set up. The
- child continues to run as the main
- daemon process. This is the behaviour
- of traditional UNIX daemons. If this
+ will call fork()
+ as part of its start-up. The parent process is
+ expected to exit when start-up is
+ complete and all communication
+ channels set up. The child continues
+ to run as the main daemon
+ process. This is the behaviour of
+ traditional UNIX daemons. If this
setting is used, it is recommended to
also use the
PIDFile= option, so
@@ -158,11 +160,11 @@
exits.Behaviour of
- is similar
+ is similar
to , however
it is expected that the process has to
exit before systemd starts follow-up
- units. ValidNoProcess=
+ units. RemainAfterExit=
is particularly useful for this type
of service.
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@
will proceed starting follow-up units
after the D-Bus bus name has been
acquired. Service units with this
- option configured implicitly have
+ option configured implicitly gain
dependencies on the
dbus.target
unit.
@@ -193,17 +195,17 @@
notification message has been sent. If
this option is used
NotifyAccess= (see
- below) must be set to open access to
+ below) should be set to open access to
the notification socket provided by
systemd. If
NotifyAccess= is not
- set, it will be implicitly set to
+ set, it will implicitly be set to
.
- ValidNoProcess=
+ RemainAfterExit=Takes a boolean value
that specifies whether the service
@@ -250,18 +252,48 @@
arguments for the process. It is
mandatory to set this option for all
services. This option may not be
- specified more than once. Optionally,
- if the absolute file name is prefixed
- with @, the second
- token will be passed as
+ specified more than once, except when
+ Type=oneshot is
+ used in which case more than one
+ ExecStart= line is
+ accepted which are then invoked one by
+ one, sequentially in the order they
+ appear in the unit file.
+
+ Optionally, if the absolute file
+ name is prefixed with
+ @, the second token
+ will be passed as
argv[0] to the
executed process, followed by the
- further arguments specified. Unless
- Type=forking is set,
- the process started via this command
- line will be considered the main
- process of the
- daemon.
+ further arguments specified. If the
+ first token is prefixed with
+ - an exit code of
+ the command normally considered a
+ failure (i.e. non-zero exit status or
+ abormal exit due to signal) is ignored
+ and considered success. If both
+ - and
+ @ are used for the
+ same command the former must preceed
+ the latter. Unless
+ Type=forking is
+ set, the process started via this
+ command line will be considered the
+ main process of the daemon. The
+ command line accepts % specifiers as
+ described in
+ systemd.unit5. On
+ top of that basic environment variable
+ substitution is supported, where
+ ${FOO} is replaced
+ by the string value of the environment
+ variable of the same name. Also
+ $FOO may appear as
+ seperate word on the command line in
+ which case the variable is replaced by
+ its value split at
+ whitespaces.
@@ -285,7 +317,9 @@
suitable for XDG
.desktop files.
Use of these settings is
- optional.
+ optional. Specifier and environment
+ variable substitution is
+ supported.
@@ -297,7 +331,17 @@
scheme as pointed out for
ExecStartPre=
above. Use of this setting is
- optional.
+ optional. Specifier and environment
+ variable substitution is supported
+ here following the same scheme as for
+ ExecStart=. One
+ special environment variable is set:
+ if known $MAINPID is
+ set to the main process of the
+ daemon, and may be used for command
+ lines like the following:
+ /bin/kill -HUP
+ $(MAINPID).
@@ -318,7 +362,11 @@
(see below). If this option is not
specified the process is terminated
right-away when service stop is
- requested.
+ requested. Specifier and environment
+ variable substitution is supported
+ (including
+ $(MAINPID), see
+ above).
@@ -333,7 +381,9 @@
out for
ExecStartPre. Use
of these settings is
- optional.
+ optional. Specifier and environment
+ variable substitution is
+ supported.