Added globbing support to EnvironmentFile

[elogind.git] / man / systemd.path.xml

diff --git a/man/systemd.path.xml b/man/systemd.path.xml
index d910d2c5c83cbf3124d410b1cd5c8c6d83aca618..a27a97be772691364c4955cdb7464a264c9d7f2d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/systemd.path.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.path.xml
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@
   Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
 
   systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.
 
   systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-  General Public License for more details.
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>systemd.path</refname>
-                <refpurpose>systemd path configuration files</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Path unit configuration</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
                 used to monitor files or directories changed by other
                 machines on remote NFS file systems.</para>
 
-                <para>If an path unit is beneath another mount
+                <para>If a path unit is beneath another mount
                 point in the file system hierarchy, a dependency
                 between both units is created automatically.</para>
 
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@
                 <variablelist>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>PathExists=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>PathChanged=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>PathModified=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>DirectoryNotEmpty=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Defines paths to
@@ -121,11 +123,21 @@
                                 file or directory. If the file
                                 specified exists the configured unit
                                 is
-                                activated. <varname>PathChanged=</varname>
+                                activated. <varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname>
+                                works similar, but checks for the
+                                existence of at least one file
+                                matching the globbing pattern
+                                specified. <varname>PathChanged=</varname>
                                 may be used to watch a file or
                                 directory and activate the configured
-                                unit whenever it changes or is
-                                modified. <varname>DirectoryNotEmpty=</varname>
+                                unit whenever it changes. It is not activated
+                                on every write to the watched file but it is
+                                activated if the file which was open for writing
+                                gets closed. <varname>PathModified=</varname>
+                                is similar, but additionally it is activated
+                                also on simple writes to the watched file.
+
+                                <varname>DirectoryNotEmpty=</varname>
                                 may be used to watch a directory and
                                 activate the configured unit whenever
                                 it contains at least one file.</para>
@@ -140,12 +152,13 @@
 
                                 <para>If a path is already existing
                                 (in case of
-                                <varname>PathExists=</varname>) or a
-                                directory already is not empty (in
+                                <varname>PathExists=</varname> and
+                                <varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname>) or
+                                a directory already is not empty (in
                                 case of
                                 <varname>DirectoryNotEmpty=</varname>)
-                                at the time the path unit is activated,
-                                then the configured unit is
+                                at the time the path unit is
+                                activated, then the configured unit is
                                 immediately activated as
                                 well. Something similar does not apply
                                 to <varname>PathChanged=</varname>.
@@ -168,13 +181,35 @@
                                 identical, except for the
                                 suffix.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>MakeDirectory=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+                                argument. If true the directories to
+                                watch are created before
+                                watching. This option is ignored for
+                                <varname>PathExists=</varname>
+                                settings. Defaults to
+                                <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>DirectoryMode=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>If
+                                <varname>MakeDirectory=</varname> is
+                                enabled use the mode specified here to
+                                create the directories in
+                                question. Takes an access mode in
+                                octal notation. Defaults to
+                                <option>0755</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
                   <title>See Also</title>
                   <para>
-                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,