X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.path.xml;h=cc2d366198270c71c3e487cf30c7f10d10691843;hp=f99931ab1e63a07d80b629f83bc0fe50c870d075;hb=e57b477183259eac2d56c5f9d9820170afb1a5e6;hpb=7e2bb92dcae6ee785ff7462aadc8c369fd93715b diff --git a/man/systemd.path.xml b/man/systemd.path.xml index f99931ab1..cc2d36619 100644 --- a/man/systemd.path.xml +++ b/man/systemd.path.xml @@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ 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 . --> @@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ systemd.path - systemd path configuration files + Path unit configuration - systemd.path + path.path @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ used to monitor files or directories changed by other machines on remote NFS file systems. - If an path unit is beneath another mount + If a path unit is beneath another mount point in the file system hierarchy, a dependency between both units is created automatically. @@ -108,11 +108,12 @@ monitors. The options specific to the [Path] section of path units are the following: - + PathExists= PathExistsGlob= PathChanged= + PathModified= DirectoryNotEmpty= Defines paths to @@ -124,13 +125,21 @@ is activated. PathExistsGlob= works similar, but checks for the - existance of at least one file + existence of at least one file matching the globbing pattern specified. PathChanged= may be used to watch a file or directory and activate the configured - unit whenever it changes or is - modified. DirectoryNotEmpty= + unit whenever it changes. It is not + activated on every write to the + watched file but it is activated if + the file which was open for writing + gets + closed. PathModified= + is similar, but additionally it is + activated also on simple writes to the + watched file. + DirectoryNotEmpty= may be used to watch a directory and activate the configured unit whenever it contains at least one file. @@ -141,7 +150,12 @@ Multiple directives may be combined, of the same and of different - types, to watch multiple paths. + types, to watch multiple paths. If the + empty string is assigned to any of + these options the list of paths to + watch is reset, and any prior + assignments of these options will not + have any effect. If a path is already existing (in case of @@ -206,7 +220,8 @@ systemctl8, systemd.unit5, systemd.service5, - inotify7 + inotify7, + systemd.directives7