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| author | Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> | 2016-09-05 13:14:36 +0200 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2016-10-01 17:58:59 +0200 |
| commit | 93a0884126146361ca078ec627da2cf766205a1c (patch) | |
| tree | 1d9f827b88606fc1c0e56c5ab0725d084735e733 /man/systemctl.xml | |
| parent | c49b50113e1af56149e3dfbd96215c29b06eb4e8 (diff) | |
systemctl: Add --wait option to wait until started units terminate again
Fixes #3830
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemctl.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemctl.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index 0bf9e1fd3f..e738b5aecd 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -363,7 +363,20 @@ to finish. If this is not specified, the job will be verified, enqueued and <command>systemctl</command> will wait until the unit's start-up is completed. By passing this - argument, it is only verified and enqueued.</para> + argument, it is only verified and enqueued. This option may not be + combined with <option>--wait</option>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--wait</option></term> + + <listitem> + <para>Synchronously wait for started units to terminate again. + This option may not be combined with <option>--no-block</option>. + Note that this will wait forever if any given unit never terminates + (by itself or by getting stopped explicitly); particularly services + which use <literal>RemainAfterExit=yes</literal>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |