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| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/basic/terminal-util.c | 9 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml index 65f55199e2..e30333e209 100644 --- a/man/systemd.xml +++ b/man/systemd.xml @@ -837,8 +837,10 @@ <varlistentry> <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_COLORS</varname></term> - <listitem><para>Controls whether colorized output should be generated. - </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>The value must be a boolean. Controls whether colorized output should be + generated. This can be specified to override the decision that <command>systemd</command> + makes based on <varname>$TERM</varname> and what the console is connected to.</para> + </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -849,7 +851,7 @@ <listitem><para>Set by systemd for supervised processes during socket-based activation. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - for more information. </para></listitem> + for more information.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -858,7 +860,7 @@ <listitem><para>Set by systemd for supervised processes for status and start-up completion notification. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - for more information. </para></listitem> + for more information.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> diff --git a/src/basic/terminal-util.c b/src/basic/terminal-util.c index 19d289275e..bfa936bd4e 100644 --- a/src/basic/terminal-util.c +++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.c @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ #include <unistd.h> #include "alloc-util.h" +#include "env-util.h" #include "fd-util.h" #include "fileio.h" #include "fs-util.h" @@ -1212,11 +1213,11 @@ bool colors_enabled(void) { static int enabled = -1; if (_unlikely_(enabled < 0)) { - const char *colors; + int val; - colors = getenv("SYSTEMD_COLORS"); - if (colors) - enabled = parse_boolean(colors) != 0; + val = getenv_bool("SYSTEMD_COLORS"); + if (val >= 0) + enabled = val; else if (getpid() == 1) /* PID1 outputs to the console without holding it open all the time */ enabled = !getenv_terminal_is_dumb(); |