X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.path.xml;h=8d86fca5d6add41e51e53e02ae672e4c2d3bcc3e;hp=cc2d366198270c71c3e487cf30c7f10d10691843;hb=03ee5c38cb0da193dd08733fb4c0c2809cee6a99;hpb=e670b166a08b7c1031a9e7d7675fa9a29c3e19c9 diff --git a/man/systemd.path.xml b/man/systemd.path.xml index cc2d36619..8d86fca5d 100644 --- a/man/systemd.path.xml +++ b/man/systemd.path.xml @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Description A unit configuration file whose name ends in - .path encodes information about + .path encodes information about a path monitored by systemd, for path-based activation. @@ -88,16 +88,15 @@ 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. + @@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ PathExists= may be used to watch the mere existence of a file or directory. If the file - specified exists the configured unit + specified exists, the configured unit is activated. PathExistsGlob= works similar, but checks for the @@ -152,12 +151,12 @@ combined, of the same and of different types, to watch multiple paths. If the empty string is assigned to any of - these options the list of paths to + 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 is already existing + If a path already exists (in case of PathExists= and PathExistsGlob=) or @@ -168,7 +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. @@ -178,7 +185,7 @@ when any of the configured paths changes. The argument is a unit name, whose suffix is not - .path. If not + .path. If not specified, this value defaults to a service that has the same name as the path unit, except for the suffix. (See @@ -192,7 +199,7 @@ MakeDirectory= Takes a boolean - argument. If true the directories to + argument. If true, the directories to watch are created before watching. This option is ignored for PathExists= @@ -204,7 +211,7 @@ If MakeDirectory= is - enabled use the mode specified here to + enabled, use the mode specified here to create the directories in question. Takes an access mode in octal notation. Defaults to