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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2015-11-26 16:32:41 -0500
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2015-11-26 16:32:41 -0500
commit6f5d79986a9c98b9cacc83f865fed957e4e6e4e6 (patch)
treee1ed41a5fccf0881f68bb6921b3fdccbf426a34c /man/systemd.timer.xml
parentf7b5b034e8758079ddc7a915394704fc2a350c37 (diff)
core: rename Random* to RandomizedDelay*
The name RandomSec is too generic: "Sec" just specifies the default unit type, and "Random" by itself is not enough. Rename to something that should give the user general idea what the setting does without looking at documentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.timer.xml')
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.timer.xml8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml
index fd03bda9cd..dcd7b90ee5 100644
--- a/man/systemd.timer.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>RandomSec=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>RandomizedDelaySec=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Delay the timer by a randomly selected, evenly
distributed amount of time between 0 and the specified time
@@ -222,16 +222,16 @@
time range in order to minimize wakeups, the former does the
opposite: it stretches timer events over a time range, to make
it unlikely that they fire simultaneously. If
- <varname>RandomSec=</varname> and
+ <varname>RandomizedDelaySec=</varname> and
<varname>AccuracySec=</varname> are used in conjunction, first
the a randomized time is added, and the result is then
possibly shifted further to coalesce it with other timer
events possibly happening on the system. As mentioned above
<varname>AccuracySec=</varname> defaults to 1min and
- <varname>RandomSec=</varname> to 0, thus encouraging
+ <varname>RandomizedDelaySec=</varname> to 0, thus encouraging
coalescing of timer events. In order to optimally stretch
timer events over a certain range of time, make sure to set
- <varname>RandomSec=</varname> to a higher value, and
+ <varname>RandomizedDelaySec=</varname> to a higher value, and
<varname>AccuracySec=1us</varname>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>