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| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemctl.xml | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/systemctl/systemctl.c | 14 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index cd1f3f976f..3b883ea754 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -655,10 +655,10 @@ <term><command>list-units <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term> <listitem> - <para>List units that <command>systemd</command> has loaded. This includes units that are either referenced - directly or through a dependency, units that are pinned by applications programmatically, or units that - were active in the past and have failed. By default only units which are active, have pending jobs, or have - failed are shown; this can be changed with option <option>--all</option>. If one or more + <para>List units that <command>systemd</command> currently has in memory. This includes units that are + either referenced directly or through a dependency, units that are pinned by applications programmatically, + or units that were active in the past and have failed. By default only units which are active, have pending + jobs, or have failed are shown; this can be changed with option <option>--all</option>. If one or more <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only units matching one of them are shown. The units that are shown are additionally filtered by <option>--type=</option> and <option>--state=</option> if those options are specified.</para> @@ -671,9 +671,8 @@ <term><command>list-sockets <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term> <listitem> - <para>List socket units ordered by listening address. - If one or more <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are - specified, only socket units matching one of them are + <para>List socket units currently in memory, ordered by listening address. If one or more + <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only socket units matching one of them are shown. Produces output similar to <programlisting> LISTEN UNIT ACTIVATES @@ -687,8 +686,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service is not suitable for programmatic consumption. </para> - <para>See also the options <option>--show-types</option>, - <option>--all</option>, and <option>--state=</option>.</para> + <para>Also see <option>--show-types</option>, <option>--all</option>, and <option>--state=</option>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -696,13 +694,11 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service <term><command>list-timers <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term> <listitem> - <para>List timer units ordered by the time they elapse - next. If one or more <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s - are specified, only units matching one of them are shown. + <para>List timer units currently in memory, ordered by the time they elapse next. If one or more + <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only units matching one of them are shown. </para> - <para>See also the options <option>--all</option> and - <option>--state=</option>.</para> + <para>Also see <option>--all</option> and <option>--state=</option>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -713,8 +709,8 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service <para>Start (activate) one or more units specified on the command line.</para> - <para>Note that glob patterns operate on the set of primary names of currently loaded units. Units which - are not active and are not in a failed state usually are not loaded, and will not be matched by any + <para>Note that glob patterns operate on the set of primary names of units currently in memory. Units which + are not active and are not in a failed state usually are not in memory, and will not be matched by any pattern. In addition, in case of instantiated units, systemd is often unaware of the instance name until the instance has been started. Therefore, using glob patterns with <command>start</command> has limited usefulness. Also, secondary alias names of units are not considered.</para> @@ -1759,7 +1755,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service are equivalent to: <programlisting># systemctl status dev-sda.device # systemctl status home.mount</programlisting> - In the second case, shell-style globs will be matched against the primary names of all currently loaded units; + In the second case, shell-style globs will be matched against the primary names of all units currently in memory; literal unit names, with or without a suffix, will be treated as in the first case. This means that literal unit names always refer to exactly one unit, but globs may match zero units and this is not considered an error.</para> @@ -1771,11 +1767,11 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service <literal>[]</literal> may be used. See <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>glob</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more details. The patterns are matched against the primary names of - currently loaded units, and patterns which do not match anything + units currently in memory, and patterns which do not match anything are silently skipped. For example: <programlisting># systemctl stop sshd@*.service</programlisting> will stop all <filename>sshd@.service</filename> instances. Note that alias names of units, and units that aren't - loaded are not considered for glob expansion. + in memory are not considered for glob expansion. </para> <para>For unit file commands, the specified <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> should be the name of the unit file diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c index 18a8a4f248..7ed60dbe87 100644 --- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c +++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c @@ -6721,9 +6721,9 @@ static void systemctl_help(void) { " -t --type=TYPE List units of a particular type\n" " --state=STATE List units with particular LOAD or SUB or ACTIVE state\n" " -p --property=NAME Show only properties by this name\n" - " -a --all Show all loaded units/properties, including dead/empty\n" - " ones. To list all units installed on the system, use\n" - " the 'list-unit-files' command instead.\n" + " -a --all Show all properties/all units currently in memory,\n" + " including dead/empty ones. To list all units installed on\n" + " the system, use the 'list-unit-files' command instead.\n" " -l --full Don't ellipsize unit names on output\n" " -r --recursive Show unit list of host and local containers\n" " --reverse Show reverse dependencies with 'list-dependencies'\n" @@ -6758,9 +6758,11 @@ static void systemctl_help(void) { " --firmware-setup Tell the firmware to show the setup menu on next boot\n" " --plain Print unit dependencies as a list instead of a tree\n\n" "Unit Commands:\n" - " list-units [PATTERN...] List loaded units\n" - " list-sockets [PATTERN...] List loaded sockets ordered by address\n" - " list-timers [PATTERN...] List loaded timers ordered by next elapse\n" + " list-units [PATTERN...] List units currently in memory\n" + " list-sockets [PATTERN...] List socket units currently in memory, ordered\n" + " by address\n" + " list-timers [PATTERN...] List timer units currently in memory, ordered\n" + " by next elapse\n" " start NAME... Start (activate) one or more units\n" " stop NAME... Stop (deactivate) one or more units\n" " reload NAME... Reload one or more units\n" |