journal: recommend journalctl -x more often

[elogind.git] / src / systemctl / systemctl.c

diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index b82c79435d29acf9cd2f8c5ac937c5de73ffe01f..a605ed91b0aad35c6cdb7fb8820168fff31ae0ac 100644 (file)
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ static void output_units_list(const struct unit_info *unit_infos, unsigned c) {
                                "SUB    = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.\n");
                         if (job_count)
                                 printf("JOB    = Pending job for the unit.\n");
+                        puts("");
                         on = ansi_highlight(true);
                         off = ansi_highlight(false);
                 } else {
@@ -434,11 +435,11 @@ static void output_units_list(const struct unit_info *unit_infos, unsigned c) {
                 }
 
                 if (arg_all)
-                        printf("\n%s%u loaded units listed.%s\n"
+                        printf("%s%u loaded units listed.%s\n"
                                "To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.\n",
                                on, n_shown, off);
                 else
-                        printf("\n%s%u loaded units listed.%s Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.\n"
+                        printf("%s%u loaded units listed.%s Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.\n"
                                "To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.\n",
                                on, n_shown, off);
         }
@@ -1341,9 +1342,9 @@ static int wait_for_jobs(DBusConnection *bus, Set *s) {
                         else if (streq(d.result, "canceled"))
                                 log_error("Job for %s canceled.", strna(d.name));
                         else if (streq(d.result, "dependency"))
-                                log_error("A dependency job for %s failed. See 'journalctl -n' for details.", strna(d.name));
+                                log_error("A dependency job for %s failed. See 'journalctl -xn' for details.", strna(d.name));
                         else if (!streq(d.result, "done") && !streq(d.result, "skipped"))
-                                log_error("Job for %s failed. See 'systemctl status %s' and 'journalctl -n' for details.", strna(d.name), strna(d.name));
+                                log_error("Job for %s failed. See 'systemctl status %s' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.", strna(d.name), strna(d.name));
                 }
 
                 if (streq_ptr(d.result, "timeout"))
@@ -4057,6 +4058,22 @@ static int runlevel_help(void) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+static int help_types(void) {
+        int i;
+
+        puts("Available unit types:");
+        for(i = UNIT_SERVICE; i < _UNIT_TYPE_MAX; i++)
+                if (unit_type_table[i])
+                        puts(unit_type_table[i]);
+
+        puts("\nAvailable unit load states: ");
+        for(i = UNIT_STUB; i < _UNIT_LOAD_STATE_MAX; i++)
+                if (unit_type_table[i])
+                        puts(unit_load_state_table[i]);
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
 static int systemctl_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         enum {
@@ -4136,6 +4153,11 @@ static int systemctl_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case 't':
+                        if (streq(optarg, "help")) {
+                                help_types();
+                                return 0;
+                        }
+
                         if (unit_type_from_string(optarg) >= 0) {
                                 arg_type = optarg;
                                 break;
@@ -4146,6 +4168,7 @@ static int systemctl_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         }
                         log_error("Unkown unit type or load state '%s'.",
                                   optarg);
+                        log_info("Use -t help to see a list of allowed values.");
                         return -EINVAL;
                 case 'p': {
                         char **l;