summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/man/systemd-halt.service.xml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-06-26 17:50:29 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-06-26 17:50:29 +0200
commit0127336c01198ef210882207d24257cb3752718b (patch)
tree7c53c33ff6af3a317941ca7c46f2a91d649237c1 /man/systemd-halt.service.xml
parente2b696ee9bffad34daaafc99d3a5d8ee13504288 (diff)
man: document systemd-halt.service and friends
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd-halt.service.xml')
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-halt.service.xml119
1 files changed, 119 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-halt.service.xml b/man/systemd-halt.service.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6957fb984e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/systemd-halt.service.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
+ This file is part of systemd.
+
+ Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
+
+ systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ 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
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+
+<refentry id="systemd-halt.service">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-halt.service</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-halt.service</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-halt.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-poweroff.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-reboot.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-kexec.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-shutdown</refname>
+ <refpurpose>systemd System Shutdown Logic</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>systemd-halt.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>systemd-poweroff.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>systemd-reboot.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>systemd-kexec.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdown</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-halt.service</filename> is a
+ system service that is pulled in by
+ <filename>halt.target</filename> and is responsible
+ for the actual system halt. Similar,
+ <filename>systemd-poweroff.service</filename> is
+ pulled in by <filename>poweroff.target</filename>,
+ <filename>systemd-reboot.service</filename> by
+ <filename>reboot.target</filename> and
+ <filename>systemd-kexec.service</filename> by
+ <filename>kexec.target</filename> to execute the
+ respective actions.</para>
+
+ <para>When these services are run they ensure that PID
+ 1 is replaced by the
+ <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown</filename>
+ tool which is then responsible for the actual
+ shutdown. Before shutting down this binary will try to
+ unmount all remaining file systems, disable all
+ remaining swap devices, detach all remaining storage
+ devices and kill all remaining processes.</para>
+
+ <para>Immediately before executing the actual system
+ halt/poweroff/reboot/kexec
+ <filename>system-shutdown</filename> will run all
+ executables in
+ <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown/</filename>
+ and pass one arguments to them: either
+ "<literal>halt</literal>",
+ "<literal>poweroff</literal>",
+ "<literal>reboot</literal>" or
+ "<literal>kexec</literal>", depending on the chosen
+ action. All executables in this directory are executed
+ in parallel, and execution of the action is not
+ continued before all executables finished.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that
+ <filename>systemd-halt.service</filename> (and the
+ related units) should never be executed
+ directly. Instead, trigger system shutdown with a
+ command such as "<literal>systemctl halt</literal>" or
+ suchlike.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>reboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-suspend.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>