<para>If an path unit is beneath another mount
point in the file system hierarchy, a dependency
between both units is created automatically.</para>
+
+ <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname>
+ is set to <option>false</option>, path units will
+ implicitly have dependencies of type
+ <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
+ <varname>Before=</varname> on
+ <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure
+ that path units are terminated cleanly prior to system
+ shutdown. Only path units involved with early boot or
+ late system shutdown should disable this
+ option.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>PathExists=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname></term>
<term><varname>PathChanged=</varname></term>
<term><varname>DirectoryNotEmpty=</varname></term>
file or directory. If the file
specified exists the configured unit
is
- activated. <varname>PathChanged=</varname>
+ activated. <varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname>
+ works similar, but checks for the
+ existance of at least one file
+ matching the globbing pattern
+ specified. <varname>PathChanged=</varname>
may be used to watch a file or
directory and activate the configured
unit whenever it changes or is
<para>If a path is already existing
(in case of
- <varname>PathExists=</varname>) or a
- directory already is not empty (in
+ <varname>PathExists=</varname> and
+ <varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname>) or
+ a directory already is not empty (in
case of
<varname>DirectoryNotEmpty=</varname>)
- at the time the path unit is activated,
- then the configured unit is
+ at the time the path unit is
+ activated, then the configured unit is
immediately activated as
well. Something similar does not apply
to <varname>PathChanged=</varname>.
identical, except for the
suffix.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MakeDirectory=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+ argument. If true the directories to
+ watch are created before
+ watching. This option is ignored for
+ <varname>PathExists=</varname>
+ settings. Defaults to
+ <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>DirectoryMode=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If
+ <varname>MakeDirectory=</varname> is
+ enabled use the mode specified here to
+ create the directories in
+ question. Takes an access mode in
+ octal notation. Defaults to
+ <option>0755</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,