<term><option>--type=</option></term>
<term><option>-t</option></term>
- <listitem><para>When listing units,
- limit display to certain unit
- types. If not specified units of all
- types will be shown. The argument
- should be a unit type name such as
- <option>service</option>,
- <option>socket</option> and
- similar.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>The argument should
+ be a unit type name such as
+ <option>service</option> and
+ <option>socket</option>,
+ or a unit load state such as
+ <option>loaded</option> and
+ <option>masked</option>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>If the argument is a unit type,
+ when listing units, limit display to
+ certain unit types. If not specified
+ units of all types will be shown.</para>
+
+ <para>If the argument is a unit load state,
+ when listing units, limit display to
+ certain unit types. If not specified
+ units of in all load states will be
+ shown.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-legend</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Do not print a legend, i.e.
+
<listitem><para>Do not print a legend, i.e.
the column headers and the footer with hints.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
- pager.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+
<listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
+ pager.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--system</option></term>
<term><option>-f</option></term>
<listitem><para>When used with
- <command>status</command> continously
+ <command>status</command> continuously
prints new journal entries as they are
appended to the
journal.</para></listitem>
looking for formatted human-readable
output.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>help [NAME...|PID...]</command></term>
+ <listitem><para>Show manual pages for
+ one or more units, if available. If a
+ PID is passed the manual pages for the
+ unit the process of the PID belongs to
+ is shown.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>reset-failed [NAME...]</command></term>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>enable [NAME...]</command></term>
- <listitem><para>Enable one or more
- unit files, as specified on the
+ <listitem><para>Enable one or
+ more unit files or unit file
+ instances, as specified on the
command line. This will create a
- number of symlinks as encoded in the
- <literal>[Install]</literal> sections
- of the unit files. After the symlinks
- have been created the systemd
- configuration is reloaded (in a way
- that is equivalent to
- <command>daemon-reload</command>) to
- ensure the changes are taken into
+ number of symlinks as encoded in
+ the <literal>[Install]</literal>
+ sections of the unit files. After
+ the symlinks have been created the
+ systemd configuration is reloaded
+ (in a way that is equivalent to
+ <command>daemon-reload</command>)
+ to ensure the changes are taken into
account immediately. Note that this
does not have the effect that any of
the units enabled are also started at
- the same time. If this is desired a
- separate <command>start</command>
- command must be invoked for the
- unit.</para>
+ the same time. If this is desired
+ a separate <command>start</command>
+ command must be invoked for the unit.
+ Also note that in case of instance
+ enablement, symlinks named same as
+ instances are created in install
+ location, however they all point to
+ the same template unit file.</para>
<para>This command will
print the actions executed. This
<listitem><para>Reset one or more unit
files, as specified on the command
- line, to the defaults configured in a
- preset file. This has the same effect
- as <command>disable</command> or
+ 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.</para>
+ files. For more information on 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>
+ document.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
mounted read-only, immediately
followed by the system halt. If
<option>--force</option> is specified
- twice the the operation is immediately
+ twice the operation is immediately
executed without terminating any
processes or unmounting any file
systems. This may result in data
unmounted or mounted read-only,
immediately followed by the powering
off. If <option>--force</option> is
- specified twice the the operation is
+ specified twice the operation is
immediately executed without
terminating any processes or
unmounting any file systems. This may
unmounted or mounted read-only,
immediately followed by the reboot. If
<option>--force</option> is specified
- twice the the operation is immediately
+ twice the operation is immediately
executed without terminating any
processes or unmounting any file
systems. This may result in data
directory, and the path to the new
system manager binary below it to
execute as PID 1. If the latter is
- ommitted or the empty string, a
+ omitted or the empty string, a
systemd binary will automatically be
searched for and used as init. If the
- system manager path is ommitted or
+ system manager path is omitted or
equal the empty string the state of
the initrd's system manager process is
passed to the main system manager,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.preset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
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