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author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2019-06-25 10:44:59 +0200 |
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committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2019-06-25 10:47:46 +0200 |
commit | cc9ba15efe9ba647ec11fbb069508d2f73832f64 (patch) | |
tree | 8177185426916416d67800e3021f9451f8e9e02f /man | |
parent | 528c365658e830e91bc4182b3f7d65ad6707f653 (diff) | |
download | systemd-cc9ba15efe9ba647ec11fbb069508d2f73832f64.tar.gz |
man: improve --test documentation
Incorporates some suggestions from:
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/12868#discussion_r296738370
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/cd69e88ba3a692618048117b26fc9ea339aa1845#commitcomment-34060775
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml index dfd77a474d..77c6cc3dd7 100644 --- a/man/systemd.xml +++ b/man/systemd.xml @@ -71,12 +71,13 @@ <term><option>--test</option></term> <listitem><para>Determine the initial start-up transaction (i.e. the list of jobs enqueued at - start-up), dump it and exit. This option is useful for debugging only. Note that during regular - service manager start-up further units might be started than this operation shows, because hardware, - socket, bus or other kinds of activation might add additional jobs. Use <option>--system</option> to - request the initial transaction of the system service manager (this is also the implied default), - combine with <option>--user</option> to request the initial transaction of the per-user service - manager instead.</para></listitem> + start-up), dump it and exit — without actually executing any of the determined jobs. This option is + useful for debugging only. Note that during regular service manager start-up additional units not + shown by this operation may be started, because hardware, socket, bus or other kinds of activation + might add additional jobs as the transaction is executed. Use <option>--system</option> to request + the initial transaction of the system service manager (this is also the implied default), combine + with <option>--user</option> to request the initial transaction of the per-user service manager + instead.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--dump-configuration-items</option></term> |