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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2010-07-07 21:22:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2010-07-07 21:22:56 +0200 |
| commit | b3eaa6288107210a84d6d121036fb4b2f7283ee2 (patch) | |
| tree | 852384049ac5037a10d9abcc7fbba5e362200f9c /man/systemd.service.xml | |
| parent | 61e5d8ed877b6389ea94c05e0e2f646f8b66d8bd (diff) | |
man: update man pages for recent syntax changes
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.service.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.service.xml | 49 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index bceb5aa110..7eaf9cbce3 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -270,10 +270,21 @@ <listitem><para>Additional commands that are executed before (resp. after) the command in - <varname>ExecStart=</varname>. If - specified more than once, all commands - are executed one after the other, - serially. Use of these settings is + <varname>ExecStart=</varname>. Multiple + command lines may be concatenated in a + single directive, by seperating them + by semicolons (these semicolons must + be passed as seperate words). In that + case, the commands are executed one + after the other, + serially. Alternatively, these + directives may be specified more than + once whith the same effect. However, + the latter syntax is not recommended + for compatibility with parsers + suitable for XDG + <filename>.desktop</filename> files. + Use of these settings is optional.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -281,20 +292,24 @@ <term><varname>ExecReload=</varname></term> <listitem><para>Commands to execute to trigger a configuration reload in the - service. If used more than once, all - commands are executed one after the - other, serially. Use of this setting is optional. - </para></listitem> + service. This argument takes multiple + command lines, following the same + scheme as pointed out for + <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname> + above. Use of this setting is + optional. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><varname>ExecStop=</varname></term> <listitem><para>Commands to execute to stop the service started via - <varname>ExecStart=</varname>. If used - more than once, all commands are - executed one after the other, - serially. Use of this setting is + <varname>ExecStart=</varname>. This + argument takes multiple command lines, + following the same scheme as pointed + out for + <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname> + above. Use of this setting is optional. All processes remaining for a service after the commands configured in this option are run are @@ -312,10 +327,12 @@ that are executed after the service was stopped using the commands configured in - <varname>ExecStop=</varname>. If - specified more than once, all commands - are executed one after the other, - serially. Use of these settings is + <varname>ExecStop=</varname>. This + argument takes multiple command lines, + following the same scheme as pointed + out for + <varname>ExecStartPre</varname>. Use + of these settings is optional.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |