X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.path.xml;h=af230291ed1012c26719d5107812c62e85a317a2;hp=e816c3018c13430b2bd2332defb5c4ddfa03c254;hb=4271d8235f1186ddad54f432eaca10f8e3bd255f;hpb=0e456f978134100d2e0cc28c7205b3abefcc9cde diff --git a/man/systemd.path.xml b/man/systemd.path.xml index e816c3018..af230291e 100644 --- a/man/systemd.path.xml +++ b/man/systemd.path.xml @@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it - under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - General Public License for more details. + Lesser General Public License for more details. - You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see . --> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ systemd.path - systemd path configuration files + Path unit configuration @@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ PathExists= + PathExistsGlob= PathChanged= + PathModified= DirectoryNotEmpty= Defines paths to @@ -121,11 +123,21 @@ file or directory. If the file specified exists the configured unit is - activated. PathChanged= + activated. PathExistsGlob= + works similar, but checks for the + existence 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. @@ -140,12 +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=.