X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.socket.xml;h=e15ea602f4b7c322065578b399299c5472c3e73b;hp=65ef8c0b1ad29665f889addacc2edcc4e092d0e9;hb=eec575d8eb739b9146c49084097d4eed889b66c7;hpb=cdb788e4cdc67bf7da6b3b1b3f4f295ef5c25c67 diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml index 65ef8c0b1..e15ea602f 100644 --- a/man/systemd.socket.xml +++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml @@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ Description - A unit configuration file whose name ends in .socket - encodes information about an IPC or network socket or - a file system FIFO controlled and supervised by systemd, - for socket-based activation. + A unit configuration file whose name ends in + .socket encodes information about + an IPC or network socket or a file system FIFO + controlled and supervised by systemd, for socket-based + activation. This man page lists the configuration options specific to this unit type. See @@ -71,13 +72,15 @@ Additional options are listed in systemd.exec5. - For each socket file a matching service file (see systemd.service5 for details) - must exist, describing the service to start on - incoming traffic on the socket. Depending on the - setting of (see below) this - must either be named like the socket unit, but with - the suffix replaced; or it must be a template file - named the same way. Example: a socket file + For each socket file a matching service file + (see + systemd.service5 + for details) must exist, describing the service to + start on incoming traffic on the socket. Depending on + the setting of (see below) + this must either be named like the socket unit, but + with the suffix replaced; or it must be a template + file named the same way. Example: a socket file foo.socket needs a matching service foo.service if is set. If @@ -85,6 +88,10 @@ file foo@.service must exist from which services are instantiated for each incoming connection. + + Socket units may be used to implement on-demand + starting of services as well as parallelized starting + of services. @@ -96,7 +103,7 @@ this section are shared with other unit types. These options are documented in systemd.exec5. The - options specific to the [Socket] section of service + options specific to the [Socket] section of socket units are the following: