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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2011-03-18 04:49:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2011-03-18 04:53:31 +0100 |
| commit | e2130f189a543c859b569985d8670132df40673e (patch) | |
| tree | ef465bdb473acb597ef69e1ba4fd8beb55559f32 /man | |
| parent | b1c66c44ef9e312805295395d728e47cdd08335c (diff) | |
units: deemphesize Names= settings, and explain why nobody whould use them
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.unit.xml | 44 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml index 2ae986ad04..ff199e43cb 100644 --- a/man/systemd.unit.xml +++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml @@ -219,21 +219,6 @@ dependent on the type of unit:</para> <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><varname>Names=</varname></term> - - <listitem><para>Additional names for - this unit. The names listed here must - have the same suffix (i.e. type) as - the unit file name. This option may be - specified more than once, in which - case all listed names are used. Note - that this option is different from the - <varname>Alias=</varname> option from - the [Install] section mentioned - below. See below for details.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><varname>Description=</varname></term> @@ -660,6 +645,35 @@ pipe symbol must be passed first, the exclamation second.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>Names=</varname></term> + + <listitem><para>Additional names for + this unit. The names listed here must + have the same suffix (i.e. type) as + the unit file name. This option may be + specified more than once, in which + case all listed names are used. Note + that this option is different from the + <varname>Alias=</varname> option from + the [Install] section mentioned + below. See below for details. Note + that in almost all cases this option + is not what you want. A symlink alias + in the file system is generally + preferable since it can be used as + lookup key. If a unit with a symlinked + alias name is not loaded and needs to + be it is easily found via the + symlink. However, if a unit with an + alias name configured with this + setting is not loaded it will not be + discovered. This settings' only use is + in conjunction with service + instances.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para>Unit file may include a [Install] section, which |