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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2010-10-22 16:12:05 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2010-10-22 16:12:05 +0200
commit6f3525444e177e8413d46c5029a7dced7fb4818d (patch)
treef82a8142872c557d3407a3665553c2cd64a4bf65
parent8a0867d6c5b47c8697d1ddd815116a548433c718 (diff)
man: document systemctl --force
-rw-r--r--man/systemctl.xml14
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diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index ca654ca5bc..2fa448874b 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -287,11 +287,25 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--force</option></term>
+ <term><option>-f</option></term>
<listitem><para>When used with
<command>enable</command>, override any
existing conflicting
symlinks.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with
+ <command>halt</command>,
+ <command>poweroff</command>,
+ <command>reboot</command> or
+ <command>kexec</command> execute
+ 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.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>