[systemd-commits] man/systemd.exec.xml man/systemd.service.xml

[Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek]

 man/systemd.exec.xml    |    6 ++++--
 man/systemd.service.xml |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit c5b37953b7835562348d71ad5514faefa4cfb10b
Author: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek at in.waw.pl>
Date:   Thu Jan 9 22:23:32 2014 -0500

    man: mention which variables will be expanded in ExecStart

diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 17748d4..610c821 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -295,9 +295,11 @@
                                 for the assignment.</para>
 
                                 <para>Example:
-                                <programlisting>Environment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=word 5 6"</programlisting>
+                                <programlisting>Environment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=$word 5 6"</programlisting>
                                 gives three variables <literal>VAR1</literal>,
-                                <literal>VAR2</literal>, <literal>VAR3</literal>.
+                                <literal>VAR2</literal>, <literal>VAR3</literal>
+                                with the values <literal>word1 word2</literal>,
+                                <literal>word3</literal>, <literal>$word 5 6</literal>.
                                 </para>
 
                                 <para>
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 98507f4..d316ab5 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -392,16 +392,32 @@
                                 replaced by the value of the
                                 environment variable including all
                                 whitespace it contains, resulting in a
-                                single argument.  Use
+                                single argument. Use
                                 <literal>$FOO</literal> as a separate
                                 word on the command line, in which
                                 case it will be replaced by the value
-                                of the environment variable split up
-                                at whitespace, resulting in zero or
-                                more arguments. To pass a literal dollar sign,
-                                use <literal>$$</literal>. Note that the first
-                                argument (i.e. the program to execute)
-                                may not be a variable.</para>
+                                of the environment variable split at
+                                whitespace, resulting in zero or more
+                                arguments. To pass a literal dollar
+                                sign, use <literal>$$</literal>.
+                                Variables whose value is not known at
+                                expansion time are treated as empty
+                                strings. Note that the first argument
+                                (i.e. the program to execute) may not
+                                be a variable.</para>
+
+                                <para>Variables to be used in this
+                                fashion may be defined through
+                                <varname>Environment=</varname> and
+                                <varname>EnvironmentFile=</varname>.
+                                In addition, variables listed in
+                                section "Environment variables in
+                                spawned processes" in
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                which are considered "static
+                                configuration" may used (this includes
+                                e.g. <varname>$USER</varname>, but not
+                                <varname>$TERM</varname>).</para>
 
                                 <para>Optionally, if the absolute file
                                 name is prefixed with
@@ -429,11 +445,6 @@
                                 <programlisting>ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'dmesg | tac'
                                 </programlisting>
 
-                                <para>Only select environment variables that
-                                are set for executed commands. See
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
-                                </para>
-
                                 <para>Example:</para>
                                 <programlisting>ExecStart=/bin/echo one ; /bin/echo "two two"
                                 </programlisting>