<refsect1>
<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>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<para>If <literal>replace-irreversibly</literal> is specified,
operate like <literal>replace</literal>, but also mark the new
jobs as irreversible. This prevents future conflicting
- transactions from replacing these jobs. The jobs can still be
- cancelled using the <command>cancel</command> command.</para>
+ transactions from replacing these jobs (or even being enqueued
+ while the irreversible jobs are still pending). Irreversible
+ jobs can still be cancelled using the <command>cancel</command>
+ command.</para>
<para><literal>isolate</literal> is only valid for start
operations and causes all other units to be stopped when the
<command>snapshot</command>,
<command>is-active</command>,
<command>is-failed</command>,
+ <command>is-enabled</command>,
+ <command>is-system-running</command>,
<command>enable</command> and
<command>disable</command>.</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--preset-mode=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Takes one of <literal>full</literal> (the default),
+ <literal>enable-only</literal>,
+ <literal>disable-only</literal>. When used with the
+ <command>preset</command> or <command>preset-all</command>
+ commands, controls whether units shall be disabled and
+ enabled according to the preset rules, or only enabled, or
+ only disabled.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-n</option></term>
<term><option>--lines=</option></term>
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>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
the system, or for all future logins of all users, or only this
boot. Note that in the last case, no systemd daemon
configuration is reloaded.</para>
+
+ <para>Using <command>enable</command> on masked units
+ results in an error.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
command line, to the defaults configured in the preset
policy files. This has the same effect as
<command>disable</command> or <command>enable</command>,
- depending how the unit is listed in the preset files. For
- more information on the preset policy format, see
+ depending how the unit is listed in the preset files.</para>
+
+ <para>Use <option>--preset-mode=</option> to control
+ whether units shall be enabled and disabled, or only
+ enabled, or only disabled.</para>
+
+ <para>For more information on the preset policy format,
+ see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.preset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
For more information on the concept of presets, please
- consult the
- <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Preset">Preset</ulink>
+ consult the <ulink
+ url="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Preset">Preset</ulink>
document.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>preset-all</command></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Resets all installed unit files to the defaults
+ configured in the preset policy file (see above).</para>
+
+ <para>Use <option>--preset-mode=</option> to control
+ whether units shall be enabled and disabled, or only
+ enabled, or only disabled.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><command>mask <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
<filename>/dev/null</filename>, making it impossible to
start them. This is a stronger version of
<command>disable</command>, since it prohibits all kinds of
- activation of the unit, including manual activation. Use
- this option with care. This honors the
+ activation of the unit, including enablement and manual
+ activation. Use this option with care. This honors the
<option>--runtime</option> option to only mask temporarily
until the next reboot of the system.</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>add-wants <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable>
+ <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>add-requires <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable>
+ <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Adds <literal>Wants=</literal> resp. <literal>Requires=</literal>
+ dependency to the specified <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable> for
+ one or more units. </para>
+
+ <para>This command honors <option>--system</option>,
+ <option>--user</option>, <option>--runtime</option> and
+ <option>--global</option> in a similar way as
+ <command>enable</command>.</para>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><command>link <replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
<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>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<title>System Commands</title>
<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>is-system-running</command></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Checks whether the system is running. This returns
+ success when the system is fully up and running, meaning
+ 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
+ string.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><command>default</command></term>
<command>isolate default.target</command>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><command>rescue</command></term>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-management</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.preset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glob</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
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