enabled.</para>
<para>This command is useful to apply or undo the
- installation instructions encoded in the [Install]
+ installation instructions encoded in the <literal>[Install]</literal>
section of unit files. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more information.</para>
+
+ <para>Enabling units (as with <command>systemd-install
+ enable</command>) should not be confused with
+ activating units (as with <command>systemctl
+ start</command>). The former simply installs the unit
+ files in the configuration tree, but does not start
+ them. The latter equals starting them, but does not
+ necessarily require them to be enabled.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
session service for all
users.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--realize[=MODE]</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>After
+ enabling/disabling stop/restart/stop
+ the unit and reload manager
+ configuration. Optionally, takes one
+ of <option>no</option>,
+ <option>reload</option>,
+ <option>minimal</option>,
+ <option>maybe</option> or
+ <option>yes</option>. If
+ <option>no</option> is passed the
+ manager will not reload its
+ configuration and no service will be
+ started or stopped after
+ enabling/disabling of the unit
+ files. If <option>reload</option> is
+ passed the daemon configuration is
+ reloaded but the unit otherwise not
+ started/stopped/restarted. If
+ <option>minimal</option> is passed and
+ a unit is being enabled it will also
+ be restarted should it already be
+ running. If a unit is being disabled
+ it will be stopped should it be
+ running. In either case the daemon
+ configuration is
+ reloaded. <option>maybe</option> is
+ similar to this, but the unit will
+ also be started if it is being enabled
+ and any of the units listed in
+ <varname>WantedBy=</varname> in the
+ <literal>[Install]</literal> section
+ of the unit file is already
+ activated. Finally
+ <option>yes</option> starts the unit
+ unconditionally after enabling. This
+ setting defaults to
+ <option>no</option>. If the mode value
+ is omitted defaults to
+ <option>maybe</option>. This option
+ has no effect when
+ <option>--global</option> or
+ <command>test</command> is used, or
+ when systemd is not running or the
+ command is executed in a
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>chroot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ environment.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>The following commands are understood:</para>
<listitem><para>Enable a unit. This
will create a number of symlinks as
- encoded in the [Install] section of a
- unit file.</para></listitem>
+ encoded in the
+ <literal>[Install]</literal> section
+ of a unit file.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>disable</command></term>
<listitem><para>Disable a unit. This
- will removed a number of symlinks as
- encoded in the [Install] section of a
- unit file.</para></listitem>
+ will remove a number of symlinks as
+ encoded in the
+ <literal>[Install]</literal> section
+ of a unit file.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
the units specified are
installed. This will check for the
existence of a number of symlinks as
- encoded in the [Install] section of a
- unit file.</para></listitem>
+ encoded in the
+ <literal>[Install]</literal> section
+ of a unit file.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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