X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.timer.xml;h=fa67d59a22acac7eec7982019bb5ee5ce6c79440;hp=6fc26a55366eab36094b3ff761618e366ffa35cc;hb=431c72dc3d482732a01d3ab929aa9b2c36422d46;hpb=34511ca7b166b0e89d08ff9870b0cf2624a7815f diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml index 6fc26a553..fa67d59a2 100644 --- a/man/systemd.timer.xml +++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml @@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ - systemd.timer + timer.timer Description A unit configuration file whose name ends in - .timer encodes information about + .timer encodes information about a timer controlled and supervised by systemd, for timer-based activation. @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ defines. The options specific to the [Timer] section of timer units are the following: - + OnActiveSec= OnBootSec= @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ OnUnitActiveSec= OnUnitInactiveSec= - Defines timers + Defines monotonic timers relative to different starting points: OnActiveSec= defines a timer relative to the moment the timer @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ machine was booted up. OnStartupSec= defines a timer relative to when - systemd was + systemd was first started. OnUnitActiveSec= defines a timer relative to when the unit the timer is activating was last @@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ seconds. Example: "OnBootSec=50" means 50s after boot-up. The argument may also include time units. Example: - "OnBootSec=5h 30min" means 5 hours and 30 - minutes after boot-up. For details + "OnBootSec=5h 30min" means 5 hours and + 30 minutes after boot-up. For details about the syntax of time spans see systemd.unit5. @@ -152,21 +152,42 @@ elapse and the configured unit is started. This is not the case for timers defined in the other - directives. + directives. These are monotonic timers, independent of wall-clock time and timezones. If the computer is temporarily suspended, the monotonic clock stops too. + If the empty string is assigned + to any of these options, the list of + timers is reset, and all prior + assignments will have no + effect. + + + + OnCalendar= + + Defines realtime + (i.e. wallclock) timers via calendar + event expressions. See + systemd.time7 + for more information on the syntax of + calendar event expressions. Otherwise + the semantics are similar to + OnActiveSec= and + related settings. + + Unit= The unit to activate when this timer elapses. The argument is a unit name, whose suffix is not - .timer. If not + .timer. If not specified, this value defaults to a service that has the same name as the timer unit, except for the @@ -185,7 +206,9 @@ systemd1, systemctl8, systemd.unit5, - systemd.service5 + systemd.service5, + systemd.time7, + systemd.directives7