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| author | Václav Pavlín <vpavlin@redhat.com> | 2013-10-31 14:36:41 +0100 |
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| committer | Lukas Nykryn <lnykryn@redhat.com> | 2013-10-31 14:38:14 +0100 |
| commit | c9197a76ae552991b99673d104019e0940d6ad84 (patch) | |
| tree | 2db3feac3890191c6dffbdca44031669c95df825 /man | |
| parent | ebd495b0a190f51dc5ed90f58134054fadfbff1d (diff) | |
man: explain NAME in systemctl man page
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemctl.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index be6b5ea1fb..605b7869b2 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. introspect and control the state of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> system and service manager.</para> + + <para>For Unit Commands the <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> represents full name of unit. + <programlisting> +systemctl start foo.service + </programlisting> + For Unit File Commands the <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> represents full name of the unit file, or absolute path to the unit file. + <programlisting> +systemctl start /path/to/foo.service + </programlisting> + While working with services/service files, <command>systemctl</command> is able to append .service suffix when it is missing. + <programlisting> +systemctl start foo + </programlisting></para> </refsect1> <refsect1> |