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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2016-04-29 14:27:23 -0400
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2016-04-29 14:27:23 -0400
commit26ccc1d0875b0e0c4306b03a52aff712c23d46c7 (patch)
tree4907223eceff5cfdd2556a5305f9a3c01801435f /man
parent1c5ed0e2b4923b12be52c9c3e8f43682403dcf32 (diff)
parent94a0ef6e572896140b8f28f688e881e198e2f2ab (diff)
Merge pull request #3151 from keszybz/pr3149-2
Assorted fixes #3149 + one commit tacked on top
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-rw-r--r--man/systemd.timer.xml6
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diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml
index eb0afee141..0d0cccf152 100644
--- a/man/systemd.timer.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@
<filename>foo.timer</filename> activates a matching service
<filename>foo.service</filename>. The unit to activate may be
controlled by <varname>Unit=</varname> (see below).</para>
+
+ <para>Note that in case the unit to activate is already active at the time the timer elapses it is not restarted,
+ but simply left running. There is no concept of spawning new service instances in this case. Due to this, services
+ with <varname>RemainAfterExit=</varname> set (which stay around continously even after the service's main process
+ exited) are usually not suitable for activation via repetitive timers, as they will only be activated once, and
+ then stay around forever.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>