X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsd_notify.xml;h=9d9ea4132f9b787b5807c45ca6177f441afb5216;hp=c060bbad2796ae1c78563be1ad7b6f2debb7df0c;hb=a26c9cc60477acacf3a147009894bd837353ed6c;hpb=96d4ce01103ebebe9335fb321667043bb620c06b diff --git a/man/sd_notify.xml b/man/sd_notify.xml index c060bbad2..9d9ea4132 100644 --- a/man/sd_notify.xml +++ b/man/sd_notify.xml @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ - #include "sd-daemon.h" + #include <systemd/sd-daemon.h> int sd_notify @@ -151,6 +151,18 @@ itself. Example: "MAINPID=4711" + + + WATCHDOG=1 + + Tells systemd to + update the watchdog timestamp. + Services using this feature should do + this in regular intervals. A watchdog + framework can use the timestamps to + detect failed + services. + It is recommended to prefix variable names that @@ -166,7 +178,7 @@ for details. sd_notifyf() is similar to - sd_notifyf() but takes a + sd_notify() but takes a printf()-like format string plus arguments. @@ -206,25 +218,30 @@ datagram is accompanied by the process credentials of the sending daemon, using SCM_CREDENTIALS. - For details about the algorithm check the + For details about the algorithms check the liberally licensed reference implementation sources: - + resp. + url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/plain/src/systemd/sd-daemon.h"/> sd_notify() and sd_notifyf() are implemented in - the reference implementation's drop-in + the reference implementation's sd-daemon.c and - sd-daemon.h files. It is - recommended that applications consuming these APIs - copy the implementation into their source tree. For + sd-daemon.h files. These + interfaces are available as shared library, which can + be compiled and linked to with the + libsystemd-daemon + pkg-config1 + file. Alternatively, applications consuming these APIs + may copy the implementation into their source tree. For more details about the reference implementation see - sd_daemon7 + sd_daemon7. - If -DDISABLE_SYSTEMD is set during compilation - this function will always return 0 and otherwise - become a NOP. + If the reference implementation is used as + drop-in files and -DDISABLE_SYSTEMD is set during + compilation these functions will always return 0 and + otherwise become a NOP.