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diff --git a/man/systemd.path.xml b/man/systemd.path.xml
index f99931ab1..ccf16df00 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
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
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.
@@ -108,11 +108,12 @@
monitors. The options specific to the [Path] section
of path units are the following:
-
+
PathExists=
PathExistsGlob=
PathChanged=
+ PathModified=
DirectoryNotEmpty=
Defines paths to
@@ -124,13 +125,21 @@
is
activated. PathExistsGlob=
works similar, but checks for the
- existance of at least one file
+ 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.
@@ -141,7 +150,12 @@
Multiple directives may be
combined, of the same and of different
- types, to watch multiple paths.
+ 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 is already existing
(in case of
@@ -206,7 +220,8 @@
systemctl8,
systemd.unit5,
systemd.service5,
- inotify7
+ inotify7,
+ systemd.directives7