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-rw-r--r--man/file-hierarchy.xml20
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-path.xml111
2 files changed, 127 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/file-hierarchy.xml b/man/file-hierarchy.xml
index 4d542caad4..a996bb69d2 100644
--- a/man/file-hierarchy.xml
+++ b/man/file-hierarchy.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
subset of these specifications that defines more
strictly the suggestions and restrictions systemd
makes on the file system hierarchy.</para>
+
+ <para>Many of the paths described here are queriable
+ with the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-path</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ tool.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -296,8 +301,8 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/usr/lib/<replaceable>arch-id</replaceable></filename></term>
<listitem><para>Location for placing
- dynamic libraries, called <varname>$libdir</varname>.
- The architecture identifier to use, is defined on <ulink
+ dynamic libraries, also called <varname>$libdir</varname>.
+ The architecture identifier to use is defined on <ulink
url="https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Tuples">Multiarch Architecture Specifiers (Tuples)</ulink>
list. Legacy locations of <varname>$libdir</varname> are
<filename>/usr/lib</filename>,
@@ -309,7 +314,10 @@
<varname>$libdir</varname> for the
primary architecture of the system,
invoke:
- <programlisting># pkg-config --variable=libdir systemd</programlisting></para></listitem>
+ <programlisting># pkg-config --variable=libdir systemd</programlisting> or
+ <programlisting># systemd-path system-library-arch</programlisting>
+ </para></listitem>
+
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -621,7 +629,10 @@
of these directories are also standardized (though
more weakly) by the <ulink
url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html">XDG
- Base Directory Specification</ulink>.</para>
+ Base Directory Specification</ulink>. Additional
+ locations for high-level user resources are defined by
+ <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/">xdg-user-dirs</ulink>.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@@ -952,6 +963,7 @@
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>hier</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-path</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
diff --git a/man/systemd-path.xml b/man/systemd-path.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc01d5edd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/systemd-path.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
+ This file is part of systemd.
+
+ Copyright 2014 Lennart Poettering
+
+ systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+
+<refentry id="systemd-path"
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-path</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-path</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-path</refname>
+ <refpurpose>List and query system and user paths</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>systemd-path <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg></command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>systemd-path</command> may be used to
+ query system and user paths. The tool makes many of
+ the paths described in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>file-hierarchy</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ queriable.</para>
+
+ <para>When invoked without arguments a list of known
+ paths and their current values is shown. When at least
+ one argument is passed the path with this is name is
+ queried and its value shown. The variables whose name
+ begins with <literal>search-</literal> don't refer to
+ individual paths, but instead a to a list of
+ colon-separated search paths, in their order of
+ precedence.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--suffix=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The printed paths are
+ suffixed by the specified
+ string.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ code otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>file-hierarchy</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>