X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.path.xml;h=1975142d2c0648211f8c00e0258fb9f188021d30;hp=af230291ed1012c26719d5107812c62e85a317a2;hb=1fda0ab5fc9cf7454c8da32941e433dc38ba9991;hpb=34511ca7b166b0e89d08ff9870b0cf2624a7815f diff --git a/man/systemd.path.xml b/man/systemd.path.xml index af230291e..1975142d2 100644 --- a/man/systemd.path.xml +++ b/man/systemd.path.xml @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ - systemd.path + path.path @@ -84,20 +84,19 @@ used to monitor files or directories changed by other machines on remote NFS file systems. - If an path unit is beneath another mount + If a path unit is beneath another mount point in the file system hierarchy, a dependency between both units is created automatically. - Unless DefaultDependencies= - is set to , path units will - implicitly have dependencies of type - Conflicts= and + Unless DefaultDependencies=false + is used, path units will implicitly have dependencies of + type Conflicts= and Before= on shutdown.target. These ensure that path units are terminated cleanly prior to system shutdown. Only path units involved with early boot or - late system shutdown should disable this - option. + late system shutdown should disable this option. + @@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ monitors. The options specific to the [Path] section of path units are the following: - + PathExists= PathExistsGlob= @@ -130,13 +129,15 @@ specified. PathChanged= 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. PathModified= - 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. PathModified= + is similar, but additionally it is + activated also on simple writes to the + watched file. DirectoryNotEmpty= may be used to watch a directory and activate the configured unit whenever @@ -148,9 +149,14 @@ Multiple directives may be combined, of the same and of different - types, to watch multiple paths. - - If a path is already existing + 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. + + If a path already exists (in case of PathExists= and PathExistsGlob=) or @@ -161,7 +167,15 @@ activated, then the configured unit is immediately activated as well. Something similar does not apply - to PathChanged=. + to PathChanged= and + PathModified=. + + If the path itself or any of the + containing directories are not + accessible, systemd + will watch for permission changes and + notice that conditions are satisfied + when permissions allow that. @@ -213,7 +227,8 @@ systemctl8, systemd.unit5, systemd.service5, - inotify7 + inotify7, + systemd.directives7