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

diff --git a/man/systemd.path.xml b/man/systemd.path.xml
index 5b1ff75f7ae68a9c0324a7181c176c347152af05..a602caab13232b0ee7dadf3d64047287018a9066 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>
 
@@ -125,18 +125,20 @@
                                 is
                                 activated. <varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname>
                                 works similar, but checks for the
-                                existance of at least one file
+                                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. 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.
-
+                                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
@@ -148,7 +150,12 @@
 
                                 <para>Multiple directives may be
                                 combined, of the same and of different
-                                types, to watch multiple paths.</para>
+                                types, to watch multiple paths. If the
+                                empty string is assigned to any of
+                                these options the list of paths to
+                                watch is reset, and any prior
+                                assignments of these options will not
+                                have any effect.</para>
 
                                 <para>If a path is already existing
                                 (in case of
@@ -213,7 +220,8 @@
                           <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>,
-                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                   </para>
         </refsect1>