[systemd-devel] When does a systemctl start ... returns to prompt?

[Michael Chapman]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2018, Wojtek Swiatek wrote:
> Le mer. 29 août 2018 à 10:03, Michael Chapman <mike at very.puzzling.org> a
> écrit :
> 
> Thank you for the clarification.
> 
> 
> > > Question 2: how can I configure the prog_two/prog_three case, i.e. having
> > > them starting one after the other (= start prog_three when prog_two is
> > > done), and have the prompt return immediately
> >
> > You can use "systemctl --no-block" to have systemctl not wait for the
> > service to finish activating. The downside to this is that you will have
> > no indication of a problem if the service fails during activation.
> >
> 
> But I will still see it via systemctl status prog_two.service, right? Since
> this usage (at least for me) only happens when testing, it would be fine
> (normally the service is ran via a timer so the problem of the prompt not
> returning does not matter)

Yes, a service activation failure will still be visible in "systemctl 
status".

> Again thank you for the help, it clarified a lot.
> 
> Cheers
> Wojtek

Glad to help!