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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2010-07-01 03:55:42 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2010-07-01 03:55:42 +0200
commit7594fb250ba5f5a82a578065c5d9fe524ef706bb (patch)
treed7bde58b2fc3610d39dc2f124e01c6694c9df91f /man/systemctl.xml
parent5e374895934d6b8960e391a2b3a1fe57e153a7f8 (diff)
man: update systemctl man page
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diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 9f00324eb1..80f355491f 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
- <term><option>--h</option></term>
+ <term><option>-h</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prints a short help
text and exits.</para></listitem>
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--type=</option></term>
+ <term><option>-t</option></term>
<listitem><para>When listing units,
limit display to certain unit
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--all</option></term>
+ <term><option>-a</option></term>
<listitem><para>When listing units,
show all units, regardless of their
@@ -125,11 +127,25 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--block</option></term>
+ <term><option>--no-block</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Synchronously wait for
- the requested operation to
- finish.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Do no synchronously
+ wait for the requested operation to
+ finish. If this is not specified the
+ job will be verified, enqueued and
+ wait until it is complete. By passing
+ this argument it is only verified and
+ enqueued.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
+ <term><option>-q</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Suppress output to
+ STDOUT for <command>snapshot</command>
+ and
+ <command>check</command>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -252,6 +268,18 @@
others.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><command>check [NAME...]</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Check whether any of
+ the specified units is active
+ (i.e. running). Returns 0 if at least
+ one is active, non-zero
+ otherwise. Unless
+ <option>--quiet</option> is specified
+ this will also print the current unit
+ state to STDOUT.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term><command>monitor</command></term>
<listitem><para>Monitor unit/job
@@ -280,8 +308,10 @@
snapshot will be named after it. If
none is specified an automatic
snapshot name is generated. In either
- case, the snapshot name used is printed
- to STDOUT.</para>
+ case, the snapshot name used is
+ printed to STDOUT, unless
+ <option>--quiet</option> is
+ specified.</para>
<para>A snapshot refers to a saved
state of the systemd manager. It is