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-rw-r--r--man/systemd-socket-activate.xml (renamed from man/systemd-activate.xml)42
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-activate.xml b/man/systemd-socket-activate.xml
index 995e6eecce..5d7f157c72 100644
--- a/man/systemd-activate.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-socket-activate.xml
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-->
-<refentry id="systemd-activate"
+<refentry id="systemd-socket-activate"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
- <title>systemd-activate</title>
+ <title>systemd-socket-activate</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
@@ -39,18 +39,18 @@
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>systemd-activate</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-socket-activate</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
- <refname>systemd-activate</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-socket-activate</refname>
<refpurpose>Test socket activation of daemons</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate</command>
+ <command>systemd-socket-activate</command>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>daemon</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
@@ -60,20 +60,20 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><command>systemd-activate</command> may be used to launch a socket-activated service binary from the command
+ <para><command>systemd-socket-activate</command> may be used to launch a socket-activated service binary from the command
line for testing purposes. It may also be used to launch individual instances of the service binary per connection.
</para>
<para>The daemon to launch and its options should be specified
- after options intended for <command>systemd-activate</command>.
+ after options intended for <command>systemd-socket-activate</command>.
</para>
<para>If the <option>--inetd</option> option is given, the socket file descriptor will be used as the standard
input and output of the launched process. Otherwise, standard input and output will be inherited, and sockets will
be passed through file descriptors 3 and higher. Sockets passed through <varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname> to
- <command>systemd-activate</command> will be passed through to the daemon, in the original positions. Other sockets
+ <command>systemd-socket-activate</command> will be passed through to the daemon, in the original positions. Other sockets
specified with <option>--listen=</option> will use consecutive descriptors. By default,
- <command>systemd-activate</command> listens on a stream socket, use <option>--datagram</option> and
+ <command>systemd-socket-activate</command> listens on a stream socket, use <option>--datagram</option> and
<option>--seqpacket</option> to listen on datagram or sequential packet sockets instead (see below).
</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -131,18 +131,20 @@
launched process. If <replaceable>VAR</replaceable> is
followed by <literal>=</literal>, assume that it is a
variable–value pair. Otherwise, obtain the value from the
- environment of <command>systemd-activate</command> itself.
+ environment of <command>systemd-socket-activate</command> itself.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--fdname=</option><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Specify a name for the activation file
- descriptors. This is equivalent to setting
- <varname>FileDescriptorName=</varname> in socket unit files, and
- enables use of
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds_with_names</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
+ <term><option>--fdname=</option><replaceable>NAME</replaceable><optional>:<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</optional></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Specify names for the file descriptors passed. This is equivalent to setting
+ <varname>FileDescriptorName=</varname> in socket unit files, and enables use of
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds_with_names</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ Multiple entries may be specifies using separate options or by separating names with colons
+ (<literal>:</literal>) in one option. In case more names are given than descriptors, superflous ones willl be
+ ignored. In case less names are given than descriptors, the remaining file descriptors will be unnamed.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
@@ -180,13 +182,13 @@
<example>
<title>Run an echo server on port 2000</title>
- <programlisting>$ /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate -l 2000 --inetd -a cat</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>$ systemd-socket-activate -l 2000 --inetd -a cat</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title>Run a socket-activated instance of <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journal-gatewayd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></title>
- <programlisting>$ /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate -l 19531 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journal-gatewayd</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>$ systemd-socket-activate -l 19531 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journal-gatewayd</programlisting>
</example>
</refsect1>