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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2013-01-03 22:37:31 +0100 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2013-01-03 22:37:31 +0100 |
| commit | 22f38abe9a1dbe4bc3ef46b7073df4869778b840 (patch) | |
| tree | af33af47cc5f824d7bf481691c2b55836da2d3f8 /man | |
| parent | 9b41366baeb02b0e732f22f8b5d42a25ae569e20 (diff) | |
man: clarify that specifiers cannot be used in ExecStart='s first argument
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.service.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index ddb065e1d5..598e863651 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -296,8 +296,9 @@ <varlistentry> <term><varname>ExecStart=</varname></term> - <listitem><para>Commands - that are executed when this service is started. + <listitem><para>Commands with their + arguments that are executed when this + service is started. </para> <para>When @@ -327,10 +328,15 @@ <varname>Type=forking</varname> is set, the process started via this command line will be considered the - main process of the daemon. The - command line accepts '<literal>%</literal>' - specifiers as described in - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + main process of the daemon.</para> + + <para>The command line accepts + '<literal>%</literal>' specifiers as + described in + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note + that the first argument of the command + line (i.e. the program to execute) may + not include specifiers.</para> <para>Optionally, if the absolute file name is prefixed with |