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diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 94f238041..4a7abab8a 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+
@@ -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.
@@ -96,9 +98,10 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
- The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit LOAD,
- SUB, or ACTIVE states. When listing units, show only those
- in specified states.
+ The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit
+ LOAD, SUB, or ACTIVE states. When listing units, show only
+ those in specified states. Use
+ to show only failed units.
@@ -148,9 +151,12 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
Show reverse dependencies between units with
- list-dependencies, i.e. units with
- dependencies of type Wants= or
- Requires= on the given unit.
+ list-dependencies, i.e. follow
+ dependencies of type WantedBy=,
+ RequiredBy=,
+ RequiredByOverrridable=,
+ PartOf=, BoundBy=,
+ instead of Wants= and similar.
@@ -161,10 +167,20 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
With list-dependencies, show the
units that are ordered before the specified unit. In other
- words, list the units that are in the After=
- directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in
- their Before= directive, or are otherwise
- implicit dependencies of the specified unit.
+ words, recursively list units following the
+ After= dependency.
+
+ Note that any After= dependency is
+ automatically mirrored to create a
+ Before= dependency. Temporal dependencies
+ may be specified explictly, but are also created implicitly
+ for units which are WantedBy= targets
+ (see
+ systemd.target5),
+ and as a result of other directives (for example
+ RequiresMountsFor=). Both explicitly
+ and implicitly introduced dependencies are shown with
+ list-dependencies.
@@ -174,10 +190,8 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
With list-dependencies, show the
units that are ordered after the specified unit. In other
- words, list the units that are in the Before=
- directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in
- their After= directive, or otherwise depend
- on the specified unit.
+ words, recursively list units following the
+ Before= dependency.
@@ -230,8 +244,10 @@ 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 +302,8 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
snapshot,
is-active,
is-failed,
+ is-enabled,
+ is-system-running,
enable and
disable.
@@ -315,6 +333,11 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
+
+
@@ -385,17 +408,17 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
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
+ 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 no or one main process,
- no or one control process plus any number of additional
+ 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
+ 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
@@ -435,7 +458,7 @@ 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.
@@ -474,6 +497,20 @@ 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.
+
+
+
@@ -560,7 +597,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
See also the options ,
- , and .
+ , and .
@@ -574,7 +611,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
See also the options and
- .
+ .
@@ -619,8 +656,7 @@ 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.
@@ -724,7 +760,7 @@ 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.
@@ -823,15 +859,30 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
- list-dependencies NAME
+
+ list-dependencies
+ NAME
+
- Shows required and wanted units of the specified
- unit. If no unit is specified,
- default.target is implied. Target units
- are recursively expanded. When is
- passed, all other units are recursively expanded as
- well.
+ Shows units required and wanted by the specified
+ unit. This recursively lists units following the
+ Requires=,
+ RequiresOverridable=,
+ Requisite=,
+ RequisiteOverridable=,
+ Wants=, BindsTo=
+ dependencies. If no unit is specified,
+ default.target is implied.
+
+ By default, only target units are recursively
+ expanded. When is passed, all other
+ units are recursively expanded as well.
+
+ Options ,
+ ,
+ may be used to change what types of dependencies
+ are shown.
@@ -905,6 +956,9 @@ 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.
@@ -963,7 +1017,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
enabled
- Enabled through a symlink in .wants directory (permanently or just in /run)
+ Enabled through a symlink in .wants directory (permanently or just in /run).0
@@ -971,7 +1025,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
linked
- Made available through a symlink to the unit file (permanently or just in /run)
+ Made available through a symlink to the unit file (permanently or just in /run).1
@@ -979,7 +1033,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
masked
- Disabled entirely (permanently or just in /run)
+ Disabled entirely (permanently or just in /run).1
@@ -987,12 +1041,17 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
static
- Unit is not enabled, but has no provisions for enabling in [Install] section
+ Unit file is not enabled, and has no provisions for enabling in the [Install] section.
+ 0
+
+
+ indirect
+ Unit file itself is not enabled, but it has a non-empty Also= setting in the [Install] section, listing other unit files that might be enabled.0disabled
- Unit is not enabled
+ Unit file is not enabled.1
@@ -1023,16 +1082,35 @@ 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...
@@ -1042,10 +1120,10 @@ 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.
@@ -1059,6 +1137,25 @@ 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...
@@ -1237,10 +1334,9 @@ 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.
@@ -1264,6 +1360,69 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
System Commands
+
+ is-system-running
+
+
+ Checks whether the system is operational. 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, see table below. Use to
+ suppress this output.
+
+
+ Manager Operational States
+
+
+
+
+
+ Name
+ Description
+
+
+
+
+ initializing
+ Early bootup, before
+ basic.target is reached
+ or the maintenance state entered.
+
+
+
+ starting
+ Late bootup, before the job queue
+ becomes idle for the first time, or one of the
+ rescue targets are reached.
+
+
+ running
+ The system is fully
+ operational.
+
+
+ degraded
+ The system is operational but one or more
+ units failed.
+
+
+ maintenance
+ The rescue or emergency target is
+ active.
+
+
+ stopping
+ The manager is shutting
+ down.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
default
@@ -1272,6 +1431,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
isolate default.target.
+
rescue
@@ -1425,7 +1585,7 @@ 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
@@ -1497,7 +1657,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
systemd.unit5,
systemd.resource-management5,
systemd.special7,
- wall1,
+ wall1,
systemd.preset5glob7