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| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.cgroup.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.scope.xml | 33 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.snapshot.xml | 2 |
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.cgroup.xml b/man/systemd.cgroup.xml index c2a823eba5..12b19f5c4b 100644 --- a/man/systemd.cgroup.xml +++ b/man/systemd.cgroup.xml @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. <refnamediv> <refname>systemd.cgroup</refname> - <refpurpose>Cgroup configuration unit settings</refpurpose> + <refpurpose>Control Group configuration unit settings</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> @@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. configuration options which configure the control group settings for spawned processes.</para> + <para>Control Groups is a concept for organizing processes in a + hierarch tree of named groups for the purpose of resource + management.</para> + <para>This man page lists the configuration options shared by those six unit types. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> diff --git a/man/systemd.scope.xml b/man/systemd.scope.xml index 126440a15f..1400f8f4b1 100644 --- a/man/systemd.scope.xml +++ b/man/systemd.scope.xml @@ -54,25 +54,20 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. <refsect1> <title>Description</title> - <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in - <literal>.scope</literal> encodes information about a unit created - by systemd to encapsulate processes not launched by systemd - itself. This management is performed by creating a node in the - control group tree. Processes are moved into the scope by means - of the D-Bus API. - <command>systemd-run <option>--scope</option></command> can be - used to easily launch a command in a new scope unit.</para> - - <para>See - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> - for the common options of all unit configuration - files. The common configuration items are configured - in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. The - scope specific configuration options are configured in - the [Scope] section. Currently, only generic cgroup settings - as described in - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.cgroup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> are allowed. - </para> + <para>Scope units are not configured via unit configuration files, + but are only created programmatically using the bus interfaces of + systemd. They are named similar to filenames. A unit whose name + ends in <literal>.scope</literal> refers to a scope unit. Scopes + units manage a set of system processes. Unlike service units scope + units manage externally created processes, and do not fork off + processes on its own.</para> + + <para>The main purpose of scope units is grouping worker processes + of a system service for organization and resource management.</para> + + <para><command>systemd-run <option>--scope</option></command> may + be used to easily launch a command in a new scope unit from the + command line.</para> <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=false</varname> is used, scope units will implicitly have dependencies of diff --git a/man/systemd.snapshot.xml b/man/systemd.snapshot.xml index 4e8d5a901f..1bb074a9b1 100644 --- a/man/systemd.snapshot.xml +++ b/man/systemd.snapshot.xml @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ <para>Snapshot units are not configured via unit configuration files. Nonetheless they are named - similar to filenames. A unit name whose name ends in + similar to filenames. A unit whose name ends in <literal>.snapshot</literal> refers to a dynamic snapshot of the systemd runtime state.</para> |