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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-03-21 03:25:28 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-03-21 03:43:46 +0100
commit06642d1795382a4849aa750ee54238f91e2f3126 (patch)
tree6f541211f90f2ae2be42f442ec77ae3571aa5ebd /man/systemd.timer.xml
parent155e8b9adce60eff5aa5cdeb16fac7b6530e3e3f (diff)
timer: add timer persistance (aka anacron-like behaviour)
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diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml
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@@ -249,6 +249,28 @@
are named identically, except for the
suffix.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Persistent=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+ argument. If true the service unit is
+ immediately triggered when the timer
+ unit is activated and the timer
+ elapsed at least once since the last
+ time the service unit has been
+ triggered by the timer unit. The time
+ when the service unit was last
+ triggered is stored on disk. This is
+ useful to catch up for missed timers
+ when a machine is shutdown temporarily
+ and then is powered up again. Note
+ that this setting only has an effect
+ on timers configured with
+ <varname>OnCalendar=</varname>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>