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diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index da077e209..a06eed586 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
systemd.swap,
systemd.target,
systemd.path,
- systemd.timer
+ systemd.timer,
+ systemd.snapshot
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@
additional information in the unit files.
Boolean arguments used in unit files can be
- written in various forms. For positive settings the
+ written in various formats. For positive settings the
strings , ,
and are
equivalent. For negative settings the strings
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@
Time span values encoded in unit files can be
written in various formats. A stand-alone number
specifies a time in seconds. If suffixed with a time
- unit, the unit is honored. A concatentation of
+ unit, the unit is honored. A concatenation of
multiple value with units is supported, in which case
the values are added up. Example: "50" refers to 50
seconds; "2min 200ms" refers to 2 minutes plus 200
@@ -113,7 +114,10 @@
are understood: s, min, h, d, w, ms, us.Empty lines and lines starting with # or ; are
- ignored. This may be used for commenting.
+ ignored. This may be used for commenting. Lines ending
+ in a backslash are concatenated with the following
+ line while reading and the backslash is replaced by a
+ space character. This may be used to wrap long lines.If a line starts with
followed by a file name the specified file will be
@@ -151,10 +155,13 @@
with the device node /dev/sda in
the file system namespace. If this applies a special
way to escape the path name is used, so that it is
- usable as part of a file name. Basically, given a path,
- "/" is replaced by "-", and all unprintable characters
- and the "-" are replaced by C-style "\x20"
- escapes. This escaping is reversible.
+ usable as part of a file name. Basically, given a
+ path, "/" is replaced by "-", and all unprintable
+ characters and the "-" are replaced by C-style "\x20"
+ escapes. The root directory "/" is encoded as single
+ dash, while otherwise the initial and ending "/" is
+ removed from all paths during transformation. This
+ escaping is reversible.
Optionally, units may be instantiated from a
template file at runtime. This allows creation of
@@ -211,10 +218,10 @@
Description=A free-form string
- describing the unit. This is intended for use
- in UIs wanting to show
- descriptive information along with the
- unit name.
+ describing the unit. This is intended
+ for use in UIs to show descriptive
+ information along with the unit
+ name.
@@ -447,6 +454,34 @@
.
+
+ DefaultDependencies=
+
+ Takes a boolean
+ argument. If
+ (the default), a few default
+ dependencies will implicitly be
+ created for the unit. The actual
+ dependencies created depend on the
+ unit type. For example, for service
+ units, these dependencies ensure that
+ the service is started only after
+ basic system initialization is
+ complete and is properly terminated on
+ system shutdown. See the respective
+ man pages for details. Generally, only
+ services involved with early boot or
+ late shutdown should set this option
+ to . It is
+ highly recommended to leave this
+ option enabled for the majority of
+ common units. If set to
+ this option
+ does not disable all implicit
+ dependencies, just non-essential
+ ones.
+
+
Unit file may include a [Install] section, which
@@ -461,7 +496,7 @@
Alias=
- Additional names, this
+ Additional names this
unit shall be installed under. The
names listed here must have the same
suffix (i.e. type) as the unit file
@@ -506,7 +541,7 @@
effect that when the listed unit name
is activated the unit listing it is
activated
- to. WantedBy=foo.service
+ too. WantedBy=foo.service
in a service
bar.service is
mostly equivalent to
@@ -546,7 +581,8 @@
systemd.swap5,
systemd.target5,
systemd.path5,
- systemd.timer5
+ systemd.timer5,
+ systemd.snapshot5