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Diffstat (limited to 'man/hostnamectl.xml')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml index f28e430a42..b39fb5502b 100644 --- a/man/hostnamectl.xml +++ b/man/hostnamectl.xml @@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ <refsynopsisdiv> <cmdsynopsis> - <command>hostnamectl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg></command> + <command>hostnamectl</command> + <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> + <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> @@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information. The pretty hostname, chassis - type and icon name are stored in + type, and icon name are stored in <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> </refsect1> @@ -141,11 +143,20 @@ <term><option>--pretty</option></term> <listitem><para>If - <command>set-hostname</command> is - invoked and one or more of these - options are passed, only the selected - hostname(s) is/are - updated.</para></listitem> + <command>status</command> is used (or + no explicit command is given) and one + of those fields is given, + <command>hostnamectl</command> will + print out just this selected + hostname.</para> + + <para>If used with + <command>set-hostname</command>, only + the selected hostname(s) will be + updated. When more than one of those + options is used, all the specified + hostnames will be updated. + </para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> |