[systemd-devel] Query regarding "EnvironmentFile"

[Reindl Harald]

Am 23.12.2015 um 21:12 schrieb Jóhann B. Guðmundsson:
> On 12/23/2015 07:30 PM, Alex Crawford wrote:
>> I like this model and I'm not sure how I would solve this if
>> EnvironmentFile
>> didn't exist.
>
> The usual underlying cause of usage of Environment or EnvironmentFile in
> type units is more or less always due to the fact that the
> daemon/service cannot read configuration file on startup thus the answer
> is you would use a daemon that was written in a such manner it could
> read configuration file, generate that file and get rid of the extra
> administrator step of having administrators create and use drop-in's or
> am I missing something?

and what's the difference between a config file or "EnvironmentFile" 
besides you like the one for whatever reason more while both are config 
files?

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