<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/11/13 18:23, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:20131111172345.GH30929@in.waw.pl" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 05:50:51PM +0100, Abdelghani Ouchabane wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 11/11/13 17:35, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 05:26:28PM +0100, Abdelghani Ouchabane wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hallo, I have two configuration files: ezono-cyclades-t_upn.path & ezono-cyclades-t_upn.service Where: ezono-cyclades-t_upn.path : [Unit] Description=ezono-cyclades-t_upn Service Spool DefaultDependencies=no Conflicts=shutdown.target Before=shutdown.target [Path] PathExists=/tmp/cyclades/start-ezono-cyclades-gui [Install] WantedBy=ezono-cyclades.target The problem is that by passing "DefaultDependencies=no" ezono-cyclades-t_upn.service doesn't start after /tmp/cyclades/start-ezono-cyclades-gui is created, even after all other units run and I delete /tmp/cyclades/start-ezono-cyclades-gui and create it again. Any idea please. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Is ezono-cyclaed.target enabled? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Yes ezono-cyclades.target - eZono Cyclades GUI Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ezono-cyclades.target; enabled) Active: active since Mon 2013-11-11 17:48:43 CET; 23s ago Nov 11 17:48:43 sonostation-usb12-eth.ezono.net systemd[1]: Starting eZono Cyclades GUI. Nov 11 17:48:43 sonostation-usb12-eth.ezono.net systemd[1]: Reached target eZono Cyclades GUI. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">The condition is only checked once, when the unit is started. I'd guess that whatever creates /tmp/cyclades/start-ezono-cyclades-gui, does it after the ezono-cyclades-t_upn.service/start job has already been done. The condition will not be checked again unless you restart the servcie.</pre> </blockquote> Thanks Zbigniew I confirm that, the condition is checked only after I execute : systemctl daemon-reload <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <blockquote cite="mid:20131111172345.GH30929@in.waw.pl" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Also, DefaultDependencies=no is very unlikely to be what you need. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">I want to start ezono-cyclades-t_upn.path early as I can </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">That's not very convicing. I have no idea what it does, but DefaultDependencies=no is only appropriate for services which participate in bringing up the system.</pre> </blockquote> Right, I have two services which deal with hardware devices, and they start early properly. <blockquote cite="mid:20131111172345.GH30929@in.waw.pl" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Units that you show are very very complex, but it's unlikely that this is all needed. E.g. don't implement your own strange logging solutions, just start systemd with --log-level=debug and you'll get full information about what is started and when. Also output from services is logged to the journal by default.</pre> </blockquote> I am planning to remove my logging solutions and use the systemd built-in. Thanks </body> </html>