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| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.service.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.unit.xml | 11 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index 103c495fbe..f6b9fe2965 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -321,11 +321,7 @@ (these semicolons must be passed as separate words). Alternatively, this directive may be specified more than - once with the same effect. However, - the latter syntax is not recommended - for compatibility with parsers - suitable for XDG - <filename>.desktop</filename> files. + once with the same effect. Lone semicolons may be escaped as <literal>\;</literal>. If the empty string is assigned to this option, the diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml index 35dd4c78c4..8d6acc7b02 100644 --- a/man/systemd.unit.xml +++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml @@ -120,6 +120,17 @@ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. </para> + <para>Various settings are allowed to be specified + more than once, in which case the interpretation + depends on the setting. Often, multiple settings form + a list, and setting to an empty value "resets", which + means that previous assignments are ignored. When this + is allowed, it is mentioned in the description of the + setting. Note that using multiple assignments to the + same value makes the unit file incompatible with + parsers for the XDG <filename>.desktop</filename> file + format.</para> + <para>Unit files are loaded from a set of paths determined during compilation, described in the next section. </para> |