socket: optionally remove sockets/FIFOs in the file system after use

[elogind.git] / man / systemd.socket.xml

diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index c0d7906d7ed652cc9f1c47b4c430e8ea524ae892..d2149409bc68b4e24410e10dd6322df6038bad6c 100644 (file)
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -730,6 +730,25 @@
                                 option.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>RemoveOnStop=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+                                argument. If enabled any file nodes
+                                created by this socket unit are
+                                removed when it is stopped. This
+                                applies to AF_UNIX sockets in the file
+                                system, POSIX message queues as well
+                                as FIFOs. Normally it should not be
+                                necessary to use this option, and is
+                                not recommended as services might
+                                continue to run after the socket unit
+                                has been terminated and it should
+                                still be possible to communicate with
+                                them via their file system
+                                node. Defaults to
+                                off.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                 </variablelist>
 
                 <para>Check