administrator, who may use this logic to override the
configuration files installed from vendor
packages. All files are sorted by their filename in
- lexicographic order, regardless in which of the
- directories they reside. If multiple files specify
+ lexicographic order, regardless of which of the
+ directories they reside in. If multiple files specify
the same binary type name, the entry in the file with
the lexicographically latest name will be applied.</para>
into the system journal. If
<literal>uid</literal>, any user ID
will get his own journal files
- regardless whether it belongs to a
+ regardless of whether it belongs to a
system service or refers to a real
logged in user. If
<literal>none</literal>, journal files
<listitem><para>When showing
session/user/seat properties, show all
- properties regardless whether they are
+ properties regardless of whether they are
set or not.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<para>These APIs are implemented in the reference
implementation's <filename>sd-daemon.c</filename> and
<filename>sd-daemon.h</filename> files. These
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-daemon</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file. Alternatively, applications consuming these APIs
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
- <para>These APIs are implemented as shared library,
+ <para>These APIs are implemented as a shared library,
which can be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
caller with the libc
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
call after use, including the strings referenced
- therein. Similar, individual strings returned need to
+ therein. Similarly, individual strings returned need to
be freed, as well.</para>
<para>As a special exception, instead of an empty
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
- <para>These APIs are implemented as shared library,
+ <para>These APIs are implemented as a shared library,
which can be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-login</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
in the reference implementation's
<filename>sd-daemon.c</filename> and
<filename>sd-daemon.h</filename> files. These
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-daemon</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file. Alternatively, applications consuming these APIs
<para>The <function>sd_bus_message_get_cookie()</function>
and <function>sd_bus_message_get_reply_cookie()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-bus</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<para>The <function>sd_bus_acquire_name()</function>
and <function>sd_bus_release_name()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-bus</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<constant>NULL</constant> may be returned and should be considered
equivalent to an empty array.</para>
- <para>Similar, <function>sd_get_sessions()</function> may
+ <para>Similarly, <function>sd_get_sessions()</function> may
be used to determine all current login sessions.</para>
- <para>Similar, <function>sd_get_uids()</function> may
+ <para>Similarly, <function>sd_get_uids()</function> may
be used to determine all Unix users who currently have login sessions.</para>
- <para>Similar,
+ <para>Similarly,
<function>sd_get_machine_names()</function> may be
used to determine all current virtual machines and
containers on the system.</para>
<function>sd_get_sessions()</function>,
<function>sd_get_uids()</function> and
<function>sd_get_machine_names()</function> interfaces
- are available as shared library, which can be compiled
+ are available as a shared library, which can be compiled
and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-login</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<para>The <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function>
and <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<literal>libsystemd-id128</literal> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>The <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> interface
- is available as shared library, which can be compiled
+ is available as a shared library, which can be compiled
and linked to with the
<literal>libsystemd-id128</literal> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<para>The <function>sd_id128_to_string()</function>
and <function>sd_id128_from_string()</function> interfaces are
- available as shared library, which can be compiled and
+ available as a shared library, which can be compiled and
linked to with the <literal>libsystemd-id128</literal> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
</refsect1>
related functions are implemented in the reference
implementation's <filename>sd-daemon.c</filename> and
<filename>sd-daemon.h</filename> files. These
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-daemon</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file. Alternatively, applications consuming these APIs
<function>sd_journal_add_disjunction()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_add_conjunction()</function> and
<function>sd_journal_flush_matches()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<para>The <function>sd_journal_get_catalog()</function> and
<function>sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<para>The <function>sd_journal_get_cursor()</function>
and <function>sd_journal_test_cursor()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<function>sd_journal_get_cutoff_realtime_usec()</function>
and
<function>sd_journal_get_cutoff_monotonic_usec()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<function>sd_journal_set_data_threshold()</function>
and
<function>sd_journal_get_data_threshold()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<function>sd_journal_reliable_fd()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_process()</function> and
<function>sd_journal_wait()</function> interfaces are
- available as shared library, which can be compiled and
+ available as a shared library, which can be compiled and
linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<function>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec()</function>
and
<function>sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>The <function>sd_journal_get_usage()</function>
- interface is available as shared library, which can be
+ interface is available as a shared library, which can be
compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
functions such as
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
- <para>Similar, <function>sd_journal_previous()</function> sets
+ <para>Similarly, <function>sd_journal_previous()</function> sets
the read pointer back one entry.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_next_skip()</function> and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_head</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
and <function>sd_journal_next()</function> in order to
make iterating through the journal easier. See below
- for an example. Similar,
+ for an example. Similarly,
<function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_BACKWARDS()</function>
may be used for iterating the journal in reverse
order.</para>
<para>The <function>sd_journal_next()</function>, <function>sd_journal_previous()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_next_skip()</function> and
<function>sd_journal_previous_skip()</function> interfaces are
- available as shared library, which can be compiled and
+ available as a shared library, which can be compiled and
linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<function>sd_journal_printv()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_send()</function> and
<function>sd_journal_sendv()</function> interfaces
- are available as shared library, which can be compiled
+ are available as a shared library, which can be compiled
and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<para>The <function>sd_journal_query_unique()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function> and
<function>sd_journal_restart_unique()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
seeks to the beginning of the journal, i.e. the oldest
available entry.</para>
- <para>Similar,
+ <para>Similarly,
<function>sd_journal_seek_tail()</function> may be
used to seek to the end of the journal, i.e. the most
recent available entry.</para>
<function>sd_journal_seek_monotonic_usec()</function>,
<function>sd_journal_seek_realtime_usec()</function>,
and <function>sd_journal_seek_cursor()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>The <function>sd_journal_stream_fd()</function>
- interface is available as shared library, which can
+ interface is available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
parameter is non-zero,
<function>sd_listen_fds()</function> will unset the
<varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname>/<varname>$LISTEN_PID</varname>
- environment variables before returning (regardless
+ environment variables before returning (regardless of
whether the function call itself succeeded or
not). Further calls to
<function>sd_listen_fds()</function> will then fail,
implemented in the reference implementation's
<filename>sd-daemon.c</filename> and
<filename>sd-daemon.h</filename> files. These
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-daemon</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file. Alternatively, applications consuming these APIs
<function>sd_login_monitor_get_fd()</function>,
<function>sd_login_monitor_get_events()</function> and
<function>sd_login_monitor_get_timeout()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-login</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<para>If the <parameter>unset_environment</parameter>
parameter is non-zero, <function>sd_notify()</function>
will unset the <varname>$NOTIFY_SOCKET</varname>
- environment variable before returning (regardless
+ environment variable before returning (regardless of
whether the function call itself succeeded or
not). Further calls to
<function>sd_notify()</function> will then fail, but
the reference implementation's
<filename>sd-daemon.c</filename> and
<filename>sd-daemon.h</filename> files. These
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-daemon</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file. Alternatively, applications consuming these APIs
<function>sd_pid_get_owner_uid()</function>,
<function>sd_pid_get_machine_name()</function> and
<function>sd_pid_get_slice()</function> interfaces are
- available as shared library, which can be compiled and
+ available as a shared library, which can be compiled and
linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-login</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<function>sd_seat_can_multi_session()</function>,
<function>sd_seat_can_tty()</function> and
<function>sd_seat_can_grapical()</function> interfaces
- are available as shared library, which can be compiled
+ are available as a shared library, which can be compiled
and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-login</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
<function>sd_session_get_remote_host()</function>,
<function>sd_session_get_remote_user()</function> and
<function>sd_session_get_tty()</function>
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-login</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
be returned and should be considered equivalent to an
empty array.</para>
- <para>Similar, <function>sd_uid_get_seats()</function>
+ <para>Similarly, <function>sd_uid_get_seats()</function>
may be used to determine the list of seats on which
the user currently has sessions. Similar semantics
apply, however note that the user may have
<function>sd_uid_is_on_seat()</function>,
<function>sd_uid_get_sessions()</function>, and
<function>sd_uid_get_seats()</function> interfaces are
- available as shared library, which can be compiled and
+ available as a shared library, which can be compiled and
linked to with the <constant>libsystemd-login</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file.</para>
</refsect1>
<function>sd_watchdog_enabled()</function> will unset
the <varname>$WATCHDOG_USEC</varname> and
<varname>$WATCHDOG_PID</varname> environment variables
- before returning (regardless whether the function call
+ before returning (regardless of whether the function call
itself succeeded or not). Further calls to
<function>sd_watchdog_enabled()</function> will then
return with zero, but the variable is no longer
implemented in the reference implementation's
<filename>sd-daemon.c</filename> and
<filename>sd-daemon.h</filename> files. These
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<constant>libsystemd-daemon</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
file. Alternatively, applications consuming these APIs
administrator, who may use this logic to override the
configuration files installed by vendor packages. All
configuration files are sorted by their filename in
- lexicographic order, regardless in which of the
- directories they reside. If multiple files specify the
+ lexicographic order, regardless of which of the
+ directories they reside in. If multiple files specify the
same variable name, the entry in the file with the
lexicographically latest name will be applied. It is
recommended to prefix all filenames with a two-digit
sleep state. Any user may take these locks and privileged
users may override these locks. If any locks are taken,
shutdown and sleep state requests will normally fail
- (regardless if privileged or not) and a list of active locks
+ (regardless of whether privileged or not) and a list of active locks
is printed. However, if <option>--ignore-inhibitors</option>
is specified, the locks are ignored and not printed, and the
operation attempted anyway, possibly requiring additional
with identical immediate effects, however, since the latter
is lost on reboot, the changes are lost too.</para>
- <para>Similar, when used with
+ <para>Similarly, when used with
<command>set-property</command>, make changes only
temporarily, so that they are lost on the next
reboot.</para>
requested by the container manager (see <ulink
url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ContainerInterface/"><filename>Container Interface</filename></ulink>). This
should ensure that the user is shown a login prompt at
- the right place, regardless in which environment the
- system is started. For example, it is sufficient to
+ the right place, regardless of which environment the
+ system is started in. For example, it is sufficient to
redirect the kernel console with a kernel command line
argument such as <varname>console=</varname> to get
both kernel messages and a getty prompt on a serial
<para><filename>systemd-halt.service</filename> is a
system service that is pulled in by
<filename>halt.target</filename> and is responsible
- for the actual system halt. Similar,
+ for the actual system halt. Similarly,
<filename>systemd-poweroff.service</filename> is
pulled in by <filename>poweroff.target</filename>,
<filename>systemd-reboot.service</filename> by
UUID passed is sufficiently unique and is different
for every booted instanced of the VM.</para>
- <para>Similar, if run inside a Linux container
+ <para>Similarly, if run inside a Linux container
environment and a UUID is set for the container this
is used to initialize the machine ID. For details see
the documentation of the <ulink
administrator, who may use this logic to override the
preset files installed by vendor packages. All preset
files are sorted by their filename in lexicographic
- order, regardless in which of the directories they
- reside. If multiple files specify the same unit name,
+ order, regardless of which of the directories they
+ reside in. If multiple files specify the same unit name,
the entry in the file with the lexicographically earliest
name will be applied. It is recommended to prefix all
filenames with a two-digit number and a dash, to simplify
timeout for the service expires.
If set to
<option>always</option>, the service
- will be restarted regardless whether
+ will be restarted regardless of whether
it exited cleanly or not, got
terminated abnormally by a signal or
hit a timeout.</para>
traffic on any of the sockets will
trigger service activation, and all
listed sockets will be passed to the
- service, regardless whether there is
+ service, regardless of whether there is
incoming traffic on them or not. If
the empty string is assigned to any of
these options, the list of addresses
it is often desirable to listen on it
before the interface it is configured
on is up and running, and even
- regardless whether it will be up and
+ regardless of whether it will be up and
running ever at all. To deal with this
it is recommended to set the
<varname>FreeBind=</varname> option
dependency on another unit is shut
down while the latter is started up,
the shut down is ordered before the
- start-up regardless whether the
+ start-up regardless of whether the
ordering dependency is actually of
type <varname>After=</varname> or
<varname>Before=</varname>. If two
exists, is a regular file and marked
executable.</para>
- <para>Similar,
+ <para>Similarly,
<varname>ConditionKernelCommandLine=</varname>
may be used to check whether a
specific kernel command line option is
the local administrator, who may use this logic to
override the configuration files installed by vendor
packages. All configuration files are sorted by their
- filename in lexicographic order, regardless in which
- of the directories they reside. If multiple files
+ filename in lexicographic order, regardless of which
+ of the directories they reside in. If multiple files
specify the same path, the entry in the file with the
lexicographically earliest name will be applied, all
all other conflicting entries logged as errors.</para>