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-rw-r--r--TODO4
-rw-r--r--man/systemctl.xml6
-rw-r--r--src/systemctl/systemctl.c38
3 files changed, 30 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 8de1029b9b..0d18e0734b 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -197,9 +197,7 @@ Features:
* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
-* systemctl edit:
-- allow creation of units from scratch
-- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
+* systemctl edit: use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 914af929c8..742da81cfe 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -481,6 +481,9 @@
<para>When used with <command>enable</command>, overwrite
any existing conflicting symlinks.</para>
+ <para>When used with <command>edit</command>, create all of the
+ specified units which do not already exist.</para>
+
<para>When used with <command>halt</command>, <command>poweroff</command>, <command>reboot</command> or
<command>kexec</command>, execute the selected operation without shutting down all units. However, all
processes will be killed forcibly and all file systems are unmounted or remounted read-only. This is hence a
@@ -1303,6 +1306,9 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
<para>If <option>--full</option> is specified, this will copy the
original units instead of creating drop-in files.</para>
+ <para>If <option>--force</option> is specified and any units do
+ not already exist, new unit files will be opened for editing.</para>
+
<para>If <option>--runtime</option> is specified, the changes will
be made temporarily in <filename>/run</filename> and they will be
lost on the next reboot.</para>
diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index 38b5a7e082..0a8e60c195 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -2499,7 +2499,7 @@ static int unit_find_paths(
r = 1;
}
- if (r == 0)
+ if (r == 0 && !arg_force)
log_error("No files found for %s.", unit_name);
return r;
@@ -6070,7 +6070,7 @@ static int create_edit_temp_file(const char *new_path, const char *original_path
return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create temporary file \"%s\": %m", t);
} else if (r < 0)
- return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to copy \"%s\" to \"%s\": %m", original_path, t);
+ return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create temporary file for \"%s\": %m", new_path);
*ret_tmp_fn = t;
t = NULL;
@@ -6114,9 +6114,10 @@ static int get_file_to_edit(
return 0;
}
-static int unit_file_create_dropin(
+static int unit_file_create_new(
const LookupPaths *paths,
const char *unit_name,
+ const char *suffix,
char **ret_new_path,
char **ret_tmp_path) {
@@ -6127,7 +6128,7 @@ static int unit_file_create_dropin(
assert(ret_new_path);
assert(ret_tmp_path);
- ending = strjoina(unit_name, ".d/override.conf");
+ ending = strjoina(unit_name, suffix);
r = get_file_to_edit(paths, ending, &tmp_new_path);
if (r < 0)
return r;
@@ -6180,7 +6181,6 @@ static int unit_file_create_copy(
r = create_edit_temp_file(tmp_new_path, fragment_path, &tmp_tmp_path);
if (r < 0) {
- log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create temporary file for \"%s\": %m", tmp_new_path);
free(tmp_new_path);
return r;
}
@@ -6291,18 +6291,26 @@ static int find_paths_to_edit(sd_bus *bus, char **names, char ***paths) {
r = unit_find_paths(bus, *name, &lp, &path, NULL);
if (r < 0)
return r;
- else if (r == 0)
- return -ENOENT;
- else if (!path) {
- // FIXME: support units with path==NULL (no FragmentPath)
- log_error("No fragment exists for %s.", *name);
- return -ENOENT;
+ else if (!arg_force) {
+ if (r == 0) {
+ log_error("Run 'systemctl edit --force %s' to create a new unit.", *name);
+ return -ENOENT;
+ } else if (!path) {
+ // FIXME: support units with path==NULL (no FragmentPath)
+ log_error("No fragment exists for %s.", *name);
+ return -ENOENT;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (path) {
+ if (arg_full)
+ r = unit_file_create_copy(&lp, *name, path, &new_path, &tmp_path);
+ else
+ r = unit_file_create_new(&lp, *name, ".d/override.conf", &new_path, &tmp_path);
+ } else {
+ r = unit_file_create_new(&lp, *name, NULL, &new_path, &tmp_path);
}
- if (arg_full)
- r = unit_file_create_copy(&lp, *name, path, &new_path, &tmp_path);
- else
- r = unit_file_create_dropin(&lp, *name, &new_path, &tmp_path);
if (r < 0)
return r;