X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.unit.xml;h=c3c9561f2fb1412a43a11dd6454969f9696ce36d;hp=250989fe0f0b044f6234fe58b4ec6c817bb85d7c;hb=95e26a692d0af027a5fe83e1743e307c864b4af0;hpb=2528a7a62c4ad9b2f4773b608d208239299da50c diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml index 250989fe0..c3c9561f2 100644 --- a/man/systemd.unit.xml +++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml @@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ respectively. The prefix name here refers to the string before the @, i.e. "getty" in the example above, where "tty3" is the instance name. + + The unit file format is covered by the + Interface + Stability Promise. @@ -418,8 +423,9 @@ Lists one or more units that are activated when this - unit fails (i.e. enters maintenance - state). + unit enters the + 'failed' + state. @@ -552,22 +558,23 @@ time. If this time limit is reached the job will be cancelled, the unit however will not change state or even - enter maintenance mode. This value - defaults to 0 (job timeouts disabled), - except for device units. NB: this - timeout is independent from any - unit-specific timeout (for example, - the timeout set with + enter the 'failed' + mode. This value defaults to 0 (job + timeouts disabled), except for device + units. NB: this timeout is independent + from any unit-specific timeout (for + example, the timeout set with Timeout= in service - units) as the job timeout has no effect - on the unit itself, only on the job - that might be pending for it. Or in - other words: unit-specific timeouts + units) as the job timeout has no + effect on the unit itself, only on the + job that might be pending for it. Or + in other words: unit-specific timeouts are useful to abort unit state changes, and revert them. The job timeout set with this option however - is useful to abort only the job waiting - for the unit state to change. + is useful to abort only the job + waiting for the unit state to + change.