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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-11-24 00:24:14 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-11-24 00:24:46 +0100
commit7a529f63e60dfdccc23d61808c20ba40d9901e47 (patch)
treed78fd6cc6c542f5cd71e2d769728053c6a16b10c /man/systemd.timer.xml
parent0979f2855c81d144d4c7d814678a5b5b2d34155b (diff)
man: document calendar timers
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.timer.xml')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml
index 6fc26a5536..5cc543e453 100644
--- a/man/systemd.timer.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
<term><varname>OnUnitActiveSec=</varname></term>
<term><varname>OnUnitInactiveSec=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Defines timers
+ <listitem><para>Defines monotonic timers
relative to different starting points:
<varname>OnActiveSec=</varname> defines a
timer relative to the moment the timer
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@
seconds. Example: "OnBootSec=50" means
50s after boot-up. The argument may
also include time units. Example:
- "OnBootSec=5h 30min" means 5 hours and 30
- minutes after boot-up. For details
+ "OnBootSec=5h 30min" means 5 hours and
+ 30 minutes after boot-up. For details
about the syntax of time spans see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
@@ -152,14 +152,27 @@
elapse and the configured unit is
started. This is not the case for
timers defined in the other
- directives.</para></listitem>
+ directives.</para>
<para>These are monotonic timers,
independent of wall-clock time and timezones. If the
computer is temporarily suspended, the
- monotonic clock stops too.</para>
+ monotonic clock stops too.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>OnCalendar=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Defines realtime
+ (i.e. wallclock) timers via calendar
+ event expressions. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more information on the syntax of
+ calendar event
+ expressions.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Unit=</varname></term>
@@ -185,7 +198,8 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>