X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemctl.xml;h=31f3b1a90986c48a71d884a805faf66ad380359d;hp=a9e86ce17cfaae96c446c6f7ff4bcb75e3c6a812;hb=630d4e14083fc3798b757604eb2055822b77608b;hpb=9f7dad774ebfad23269800b7096eaad087481deb diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index a9e86ce17..31f3b1a90 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it - under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - General Public License for more details. + Lesser General Public License for more details. - You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see . --> @@ -87,14 +87,26 @@ - When listing units, - limit display to certain unit - types. If not specified units of all - types will be shown. The argument - should be a unit type name such as - , - and - similar. + The argument should + be a unit type name such as + and + , + or a unit load state such as + and + . + + + If the argument is a unit type, + when listing units, limit display to + certain unit types. If not specified + units of all types will be shown. + + If the argument is a unit load state, + when listing units, limit display to + certain unit types. If not specified + units of in all load states will be + shown. + @@ -102,7 +114,7 @@ When showing - unit/job/manager information, limit + unit/job/manager properties, limit display to certain properties as specified as argument. If not specified all set properties are @@ -121,7 +133,7 @@ When listing units, show all units, regardless of their state, including inactive units. When - showing unit/job/manager information, + showing unit/job/manager properties, show all properties regardless whether they are set or not. @@ -166,7 +178,7 @@ execute it immediately. If passed no required units of the unit passed will be pulled in, and no ordering - dependencies will be honoured. This is + dependencies will be honored. This is mostly a debugging and rescue tool for the administrator and should not be used by @@ -194,14 +206,23 @@ enqueued and systemctl will wait until it is completed. By passing this argument it is only verified and - enqueued. + enqueued. + + + + + + Do not print a legend, i.e. + the column headers and the footer with hints. + + - Do not pipe output into a - pager. - + Do not pipe output into a + pager. + @@ -290,30 +311,13 @@ systemctl will query the user on the terminal for the necessary secrets. Use this option to - switch this behavior off. In this - case the password must be supplied by - some other means (for example - graphical password agents) or the - service might fail. - - - - - - When used with - kill, choose the - mode how to kill the selected - processes. Must be one of - or - to select - whether to kill the entire control - group or only the selected process - itself. If omitted defaults to - if - is - set, or - otherwise. You probably never need to - use this switch. + switch this behavior off. In this case + the password must be supplied by some + other means (for example graphical + password agents) or the service might + fail. This also disables querying the + user for authentication for privileged + operations. @@ -351,7 +355,7 @@ When used with - enable, override any + enable, overwrite any existing conflicting symlinks. @@ -359,26 +363,49 @@ halt, poweroff, reboot or - kexec execute + kexec execute the selected operation without shutting down all units. However, all processes will be killed forcibly and all file systems are unmounted or remounted read-only. This is hence a drastic but relatively safe option to request an - immediate reboot. + immediate reboot. If + is specified + twice for these operations, they will + be executed immediately without + terminating any processes or umounting + any file systems. Warning: specifying + twice with + any of these operations might result + in data loss. - + When used with - disable, ensures - that only the symlinks created by - enable are removed, - not all symlinks pointing to the unit - file that shall be - disabled. + enable/disable/is-enabled (and + related commands), use alternative + root path when looking for unit + files. + + + + + + When used with + enable/disable/is-enabled (and related commands), make + changes only temporarily, so that they + are dropped on the next reboot. This + will have the effect that changes are + not made in subdirectories of + /etc but in + /run, with + identical immediate effects, however, + since the latter is lost on reboot, + the changes are lost + too. @@ -401,6 +428,34 @@ PolicyKit before executing the operation. + + + + + + When used with + status controls the + number of journal lines to show, + counting from the most recent + ones. Takes a positive integer + argument. Defaults to + 10. + + + + + + + When used with + status controls the + formatting of the journal entries that + are shown. For the available choices + see + journalctl1. Defaults + to + short. + + The following commands are understood: @@ -545,14 +600,15 @@ Show terse runtime status information about one or more - units. This function is intended to - generate human-readable output. If you - are looking for computer-parsable - output, use show - instead. If a PID is passed - information about the unit the process - of the PID belongs to is - shown. + units, followed by its most recent log + data from the journal. This function + is intended to generate human-readable + output. If you are looking for + computer-parsable output, use + show instead. If a + PID is passed information about the + unit the process of the PID belongs to + is shown. show [NAME...|JOB...] @@ -577,7 +633,15 @@ looking for formatted human-readable output. + + help [NAME...|PID...] + Show manual pages for + one or more units, if available. If a + PID is passed the manual pages for the + unit the process of the PID belongs to + is shown. + reset-failed [NAME...] @@ -597,27 +661,39 @@ command. + + list-unit-files + + List installed unit files. + + + enable [NAME...] - Enable one or more - unit files, as specified on the + Enable one or + more unit files or unit file + instances, as specified on the command line. This will create a - number of symlinks as encoded in the - [Install] sections - of the unit files. After the symlinks - have been created the systemd - configuration is reloaded (in a way - that is equivalent to - daemon-reload) to - ensure the changes are taken into + number of symlinks as encoded in + the [Install] + sections of the unit files. After + the symlinks have been created the + systemd configuration is reloaded + (in a way that is equivalent to + daemon-reload) + to ensure the changes are taken into account immediately. Note that this does not have the effect that any of the units enabled are also started at - the same time. If this is desired a - separate start - command must be invoked for the - unit. + the same time. If this is desired + a separate start + command must be invoked for the unit. + Also note that in case of instance + enablement, symlinks named same as + instances are created in install + location, however they all point to + the same template unit file. This command will print the actions executed. This @@ -681,21 +757,18 @@ configuration directory, and hence undoes the changes made by enable. Note - however that this by default removes + however that this removes all symlinks to the unit files (i.e. including manual additions), not just those actually created by - enable. If only the - symlinks that are suggested by default - shall be removed, pass - . This + enable. This call implicitly reloads the systemd daemon configuration after completing the disabling of the units. Note that this command does not implicitly stop the - units that is being disabled. If this + units that are being disabled. If this is desired an additional - stopcommand should + stop command should be executed afterwards. This command will print the @@ -716,12 +789,96 @@ is-enabled [NAME...] Checks whether any of - the specified unit files is enabled + the specified unit files are enabled (as with enable). Returns an exit code of 0 if at least one is - enabled, non-zero - otherwise. + enabled, non-zero otherwise. Prints + the current enable status. To suppress + this output use + . + + + + reenable [NAME...] + + Reenable one or more + unit files, as specified on the + command line. This is a combination of + disable and + enable and is + useful to reset the symlinks a unit is + enabled with to the defaults + configured in the + [Install] section + of the unit file. + + + + + preset [NAME...] + + Reset one or more unit + files, as specified on the 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 preset + policy format see + systemd.preset5. For + more information on the concept of + presets please consult the Preset + document. + + + + + mask [NAME...] + + Mask one or more unit + files, as specified on the command + line. This will link these units to + /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. + + + + + unmask [NAME...] + + Unmask one or more + unit files, as specified on the + command line. This will undo the + effect of + mask. + + + + + link [NAME...] + + Link a unit file that + is not in the unit file search paths + into the unit file search path. This + requires an absolute path to a unit + file. The effect of this can be undone + with disable. The + effect of this command is that a unit + file is available for + start and other + commands although it isn't installed + directly in the unit search + path. + @@ -765,16 +922,6 @@ their numeric job IDs. If no job id is specified, cancel all pending jobs. - - monitor - - Monitor unit/job - changes. This is mostly useful for - debugging purposes and prints a line - each time systemd loads or unloads a - unit configuration file, or a unit - property changes. - dump @@ -941,14 +1088,19 @@ system. This is mostly equivalent to start halt.target but also prints a wall message to all - users. If - combined with - shutdown of all running services is - skipped, however all processes are killed - and all file systems are unmounted or + users. If combined with + shutdown of + all running services is skipped, + however all processes are killed and + all file systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately - followed by the - system halt. + followed by the system halt. If + is specified + twice the operation is immediately + executed without terminating any + processes or unmounting any file + systems. This may result in data + loss. poweroff @@ -957,32 +1109,40 @@ power-off the system. This is mostly equivalent to start poweroff.target but also - prints a wall message to all - users. If + prints a wall message to all users. If combined with shutdown of all running services is - skipped, however all processes are killed - and all file systems are unmounted or - mounted read-only, immediately - followed by the - powering off. + skipped, however all processes are + killed and all file systems are + unmounted or mounted read-only, + immediately followed by the powering + off. If is + specified twice the operation is + immediately executed without + terminating any processes or + unmounting any file systems. This may + result in data loss. reboot - Shut down and - reboot the system. This is mostly - equivalent to start + Shut down and reboot + the system. This is mostly equivalent + to start reboot.target but also - prints a wall message to all - users. If + prints a wall message to all users. If combined with shutdown of all running services is - skipped, however all processes are killed - and all file systems are unmounted or - mounted read-only, immediately - followed by the - reboot. + skipped, however all processes are + killed and all file systems are + unmounted or mounted read-only, + immediately followed by the reboot. If + is specified + twice the operation is immediately + executed without terminating any + processes or unmounting any file + systems. This may result in data + loss. kexec @@ -1010,6 +1170,60 @@ option) and will fail otherwise. + + suspend + + Suspend the + system. This will trigger activation + of the special + suspend.target + target. + + + hibernate + + Hibernate the + system. This will trigger activation + of the special + hibernate.target + target. + + + hybrid-sleep + + Hibernate and suspend + the system. This will trigger + activation of the special + hybrid-sleep.target + target. + + + switch-root [ROOT] [INIT] + + Switches to a + different root directory and executes + a new system manager process below + it. This is intended for usage in + initial RAM disks ("initrd"), and will + transition from the initrd's system + manager process (a.k.a "init" process) + to the main system manager + process. Takes two arguments: the + directory to make the new root + directory, and the path to the new + system manager binary below it to + execute as PID 1. If the latter is + omitted or the empty string, a + systemd binary will automatically be + searched for and used as init. If the + system manager path is omitted or + equal the empty string the state of + the initrd's system manager process is + passed to the main system manager, + which allows later introspection of the + state of the services involved in the + initrd boot. + @@ -1021,14 +1235,33 @@ code otherwise. + + Environment + + + + $SYSTEMD_PAGER + Pager to use when + is not given; + overrides $PAGER. Setting + this to an empty string or the value + cat is equivalent to passing + . + + + + See Also systemd1, systemadm1, + journalctl1, + loginctl1, systemd.unit5, systemd.special7, - wall1 + wall1, + systemd.preset5