with the <command>enable</command> command of the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
tool which reads information from the [Install]
- section of unit files. (See below.)</para>
+ section of unit files. (See below.) A similar
+ functionality exists for <varname>Requires=</varname>
+ type dependencies as well, the directory suffix is
+ <filename>.requires/</filename> in this case.</para>
<para>Note that while systemd offers a flexible
dependency system between units it is recommended to
environment and optionally test
whether it is a specific
implementation. Takes either boolean
- value to check if being executed in any
- virtual environment or one of the
+ value to check if being executed in
+ any virtual environment or one of the
<varname>qemu</varname>,
<varname>kvm</varname>,
<varname>vmware</varname>,
will always fail, otherwise
succeed. If multiple conditions are
specified the unit will be executed if
- at least one of them applies (i.e. a
- logical OR is
- applied).</para></listitem>
+ all of them apply (i.e. a logical AND
+ is applied). Condition checks can be
+ prefixed with a pipe symbol (|) in
+ which case a condition becomes a
+ triggering condition. If at least one
+ triggering condition is defined for a
+ unit then the unit will be executed if
+ at least one of the triggering
+ conditions apply and all of the
+ non-triggering conditions. If you
+ prefix an argument with the pipe
+ symbol and an exclamation mark the
+ pipe symbol must be passed first, the
+ exclamation second.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>