[systemd-commits] man/systemctl.xml

Lukas Nykryn lnykryn at kemper.freedesktop.org
Thu Oct 31 14:38:31 CET 2013


 man/systemctl.xml |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

New commits:
commit c9197a76ae552991b99673d104019e0940d6ad84
Author: Václav Pavlín <vpavlin at redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Oct 31 14:36:41 2013 +0100

    man: explain NAME in systemctl man page

diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index be6b5ea..605b786 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     introspect and control the state of the
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
     system and service manager.</para>
+
+    <para>For Unit Commands the <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> represents full name of unit.
+    <programlisting>
+systemctl start foo.service
+    </programlisting>
+    For Unit File Commands the <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> represents full name of the unit file, or absolute path to the unit file.
+    <programlisting>
+systemctl start /path/to/foo.service
+    </programlisting>
+    While working with services/service files, <command>systemctl</command> is able to append .service suffix when it is missing.
+    <programlisting>
+systemctl start foo
+    </programlisting></para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>



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