<term><option>--full</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Do not ellipsize unit names, process tree entries, and
- truncate unit descriptions in the output of
- <command>list-units</command> and
- <command>list-jobs</command>.</para>
+ <para>Do not ellipsize unit names, process tree entries,
+ journal output, or truncate unit descriptions in the output
+ of <command>status</command>, <command>list-units</command>,
+ <command>list-jobs</command>, and
+ <command>list-timers</command>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-legend</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Do not print a legend, i.e. the column headers and
+ <para>Do not print the legend, i.e. the column headers and
the footer with hints.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<listitem>
<para>When used with <command>enable</command>,
- <command>disable</command>, <command>is-enabled</command>
+ <command>disable</command>,
(and related commands), make changes only temporarily, so
that they are lost on the next reboot. This will have the
effect that changes are not made in subdirectories of
belongs to.</para>
<para>This function is intended to generate human-readable
- output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output, use
- <command>show</command> instead.</para>
+ output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output,
+ use <command>show</command> instead. By default this
+ function only shows 10 lines of output and ellipsizes
+ lines to fit in the terminal window. This can be changes
+ with <option>--lines</option> and <option>--full</option>,
+ see above. In addition, <command>journalctl
+ --unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> or
+ <command>journalctl
+ --user-unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> use
+ a similar filter for messages and might be more
+ convenient.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem>
<para>Checks whether any of the specified unit files are
- enabled (as with <command>enable</command>). Returns an exit
- code of 0 if at least one is enabled, non-zero
- otherwise. Prints the current enable status. To suppress
- this output, use <option>--quiet</option>.</para>
+ enabled (as with <command>enable</command>). Returns an
+ exit code of 0 if at least one is enabled, non-zero
+ otherwise. Prints the current enable status (see table).
+ To suppress this output, use <option>--quiet</option>.
+ </para>
+
+ <table>
+ <title>
+ <command>is-enabled</command> output
+ </title>
+
+ <tgroup cols='3'>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Printed string</entry>
+ <entry>Meaning</entry>
+ <entry>Return value</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>enabled</literal></entry>
+ <entry morerows='1'>Enabled through a symlink in <filename>.wants</filename> directory (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>)</entry>
+ <entry morerows='1'>0</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>enabled-runtime</literal></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>linked</literal></entry>
+ <entry morerows='1'>Made available through a symlink to the unit file (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>)</entry>
+ <entry morerows='1'>1</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>linked-runtime</literal></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>masked</literal></entry>
+ <entry morerows='1'>Disabled entirely (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>)</entry>
+ <entry morerows='1'>1</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>masked-runtime</literal></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>static</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Unit is not enabled, but has no provisions for enabling in [Install] section</entry>
+ <entry>1</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>disabled</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Unit is not enabled</entry>
+ <entry>1</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
</listitem>
</varlistentry>