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diff --git a/man/systemd.path.xml b/man/systemd.path.xml
index 772190096..5b1ff75f7 100644
--- a/man/systemd.path.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.path.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@
If an 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
+ 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.
@@ -100,7 +111,9 @@
PathExists=
+ PathExistsGlob=PathChanged=
+ PathModified=DirectoryNotEmpty=Defines paths to
@@ -110,11 +123,21 @@
file or directory. If the file
specified exists the configured unit
is
- activated. PathChanged=
+ activated. PathExistsGlob=
+ works similar, but checks for the
+ existance of at least one file
+ matching the globbing pattern
+ specified. PathChanged=
may be used to watch a file or
directory and activate the configured
- unit whenever it changes or is
- modified. DirectoryNotEmpty=
+ 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
it contains at least one file.
@@ -129,12 +152,13 @@
If a path is already existing
(in case of
- PathExists=) or a
- directory already is not empty (in
+ PathExists= and
+ PathExistsGlob=) or
+ a directory already is not empty (in
case of
DirectoryNotEmpty=)
- 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 PathChanged=.
@@ -157,13 +181,35 @@
identical, except for the
suffix.
+
+ MakeDirectory=
+
+ Takes a boolean
+ argument. If true the directories to
+ watch are created before
+ watching. This option is ignored for
+ PathExists=
+ settings. Defaults to
+ .
+
+
+ DirectoryMode=
+
+ If
+ MakeDirectory= is
+ enabled use the mode specified here to
+ create the directories in
+ question. Takes an access mode in
+ octal notation. Defaults to
+ .
+ See Also
- systemd8,
+ systemd1,
systemctl8,
systemd.unit5,
systemd.service5,