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diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 77447dd12..61a23de7d 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
Description
- systemctl may be used to
- introspect and control the state of the
+ systemctl may be used to introspect and
+ control the state of the systemd system and
+ service manager. Please refer to
systemd1
- system and service manager.
+ for an introduction into the basic concepts and functionality this
+ tool manages.
@@ -230,8 +232,10 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
If replace-irreversibly is specified,
operate like replace, but also mark the new
jobs as irreversible. This prevents future conflicting
- transactions from replacing these jobs. The jobs can still be
- cancelled using the cancel command.
+ transactions from replacing these jobs (or even being enqueued
+ while the irreversible jobs are still pending). Irreversible
+ jobs can still be cancelled using the cancel
+ command.
isolate is only valid for start
operations and causes all other units to be stopped when the
@@ -286,6 +290,8 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
snapshot,
is-active,
is-failed,
+ is-enabled,
+ is-system-running,
enable and
disable.
@@ -371,11 +377,36 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
When used with kill, choose which
- processes to kill. Must be one of ,
- or to select
- whether to kill only the main process of the unit, the
- control process or all processes of the unit. If omitted,
- defaults to .
+ processes to send a signal to. Must be one of
+ , or
+ to select whether to kill only the main
+ process, the control process or all processes of the
+ unit. The main process of the unit is the one that defines
+ the life-time of it. A control process of a unit is one that
+ is invoked by the manager to induce state changes of it. For
+ example, all processes started due to the
+ ExecStartPre=,
+ ExecStop= or
+ ExecReload= settings of service units are
+ control processes. Note that there is only one control
+ process per unit at a time, as only one state change is
+ executed at a time. For services of type
+ Type=forking, the initial process started
+ by the manager for ExecStart= is a
+ control process, while the process ultimately forked off by
+ that one is then considered the main process of the unit (if
+ it can be determined). This is different for service units
+ of other types, where the process forked off by the manager
+ for ExecStart= is always the main process
+ itself. A service unit consists of zero or one main process,
+ zero or one control process plus any number of additional
+ processes. Not all unit types manage processes of these
+ types however. For example, for mount units, control processes
+ are defined (which are the invocations of
+ /usr/bin/mount and
+ /usr/bin/umount), but no main process
+ is defined. If omitted, defaults to
+ .
@@ -410,7 +441,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
safe option to request an immediate reboot. If
is specified twice for these
operations, they will be executed immediately without
- terminating any processes or umounting any file
+ terminating any processes or unmounting any file
systems. Warning: specifying twice
with any of these operations might result in data
loss.
@@ -449,6 +480,20 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
+
+
+
+
+ Takes one of full (the default),
+ enable-only,
+ disable-only. When used with the
+ preset or preset-all
+ commands, controls whether units shall be disabled and
+ enabled according to the preset rules, or only enabled, or
+ only disabled.
+
+
+
@@ -594,8 +639,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
file.
This command should not be confused with the
- daemon-reload or load
- commands.
+ daemon-reload command.
@@ -664,9 +708,8 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
Send a signal to one or more processes of the
unit. Use to select which
- process to kill. Use to select
- the kill mode and to select the
- signal to send.
+ process to kill. Use to select
+ the signal to send.
@@ -700,7 +743,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
Show terse runtime status information about one or
more units, followed by most recent log data from the
journal. If no units are specified, show system status. If
- combined with also shows status of
+ combined with , also show the status of
all units (subject to limitations specified with
). If a PID is passed, show information
about the unit the process belongs to.
@@ -881,6 +924,9 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
the system, or for all future logins of all users, or only this
boot. Note that in the last case, no systemd daemon
configuration is reloaded.
+
+ Using enable on masked units
+ results in an error.
@@ -999,16 +1045,35 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
command line, to the defaults configured in the preset
policy files. This has the same effect as
disable or enable,
- depending how the unit is listed in the preset files. For
- more information on the preset policy format, see
+ depending how the unit is listed in the preset files.
+
+ Use to control
+ whether units shall be enabled and disabled, or only
+ enabled, or only disabled.
+
+ For more information on the preset policy format,
+ see
systemd.preset5.
For more information on the concept of presets, please
- consult the
- Preset
+ consult the Preset
document.
+
+ preset-all
+
+
+ Resets all installed unit files to the defaults
+ configured in the preset policy file (see above).
+
+ Use to control
+ whether units shall be enabled and disabled, or only
+ enabled, or only disabled.
+
+
+
mask NAME...
@@ -1018,10 +1083,10 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
/dev/null, making it impossible to
start them. This is a stronger version of
disable, since it prohibits all kinds of
- activation of the unit, including manual activation. Use
- this option with care. This honors the
+ activation of the unit, including enablement and manual
+ activation. Use this option with care. This honors the
option to only mask temporarily
- until the next reoobt of the system.
+ until the next reboot of the system.
@@ -1035,6 +1100,25 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
+
+ add-wants TARGET
+ NAME...
+ add-requires TARGET
+ NAME...
+
+
+ Adds Wants= resp. Requires=
+ dependency to the specified TARGET for
+ one or more units.
+
+ This command honors ,
+ , and
+ in a similar way as
+ enable.
+
+
+
+
link FILENAME...
@@ -1213,10 +1297,9 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
Reload systemd manager configuration. This will reload
all unit files and recreate the entire dependency
tree. While the daemon is being reloaded, all sockets systemd
- listens on on behalf of user configuration will stay
+ listens on behalf of user configuration will stay
accessible.This command should not be confused
- with the load or
- reload commands.
+ with the reload command.
@@ -1240,6 +1323,20 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
System Commands
+
+ is-system-running
+
+
+ Checks whether the system is running. This returns
+ success when the system is fully up and running, meaning
+ not in startup, shutdown or maintenance mode. Failure is
+ returned otherwise. In addition, the current state is
+ printed in a short string to standard output. Use
+ to suppress output of this state
+ string.
+
+
+
default
@@ -1248,6 +1345,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
isolate default.target.
+
rescue
@@ -1401,7 +1499,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
Parameter Syntax
- Unit ommands listed above take either a single unit name
+ Unit commands listed above take either a single unit name
(designated as NAME), or multiple
unit specifications (designated as
PATTERN...). In the first case, the
@@ -1473,7 +1571,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
systemd.unit5,
systemd.resource-management5,
systemd.special7,
- wall1,
+ wall1,
systemd.preset5glob7