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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2012-10-18 01:18:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2012-10-18 01:18:50 +0200 |
| commit | 97ae63e2a9c07ee64ab9f226b9b6121114f1d732 (patch) | |
| tree | 75b10ba576630eef8805b28d8616131b99bd7b3d /man/systemd.service.xml | |
| parent | c978343015c787713651dff571acb5207367f5f2 (diff) | |
service: when invoking service processes in --user mode set MANAGERPID to PID of systemd
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.service.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.service.xml | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index 11f6006636..59ecf810fb 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -365,6 +365,13 @@ explicitly to a shell implementation of some kind. Example: <literal>ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'dmesg | tac'</literal></para> + + <para>For services run by a user + instance of systemd the special + environment variable + <literal>MANAGERPID</literal> is set + to the PID of the systemd + instance.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -407,12 +414,12 @@ variable substitution is supported here following the same scheme as for <varname>ExecStart=</varname>. One - special environment variable is set: - if known <literal>$MAINPID</literal> is - set to the main process of the - daemon, and may be used for command - lines like the following: - <command>/bin/kill -HUP + additional special environment + variables is set: if known + <literal>$MAINPID</literal> is set to + the main process of the daemon, and + may be used for command lines like the + following: <command>/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID</command>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |