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man/service: document behaviour on failure

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38355
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Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2013-03-19 22:13:48 -04:00
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@ -302,7 +302,9 @@
argument must be an absolute path
name.</para>
<para>When
<para>When <varname>Type</varname> is
not <option>oneshot</option>, only one
command may be given. When
<varname>Type=oneshot</varname> is
used, more than one command may be
specified. Multiple command lines may
@ -316,19 +318,22 @@
for compatibility with parsers
suitable for XDG
<filename>.desktop</filename> files.
The commands are invoked one by one
sequentially in the order they appear
in the unit file. When
<varname>Type</varname> is not
<option>oneshot</option>, only one
command may be given. Lone semicolons
may be escaped as
Lone semicolons may be escaped as
'<literal>\;</literal>'. If the empty
string is assigned to this option the
list of commands to start is reset,
prior assignments of this option will
have no effect.</para>
<para>If more than one command is
specified, the commands are invoked
one by one sequentially in the order
they appear in the unit file. If one
of the commands fails (and is not
prefixed with '<literal>-</literal>'),
other lines are not executed and the
unit is considered failed.</para>
<para>Unless
<varname>Type=forking</varname> is
set, the process started via this
@ -343,9 +348,8 @@
line (i.e. the program to execute) may
not include specifiers.</para>
<para>On top of that basic environment
variable substitution is
supported. Use
<para>Basic environment variable
substitution is supported. Use
<literal>${FOO}</literal> as part of a
word, or as a word of its own on the
command line, in which case it will be
@ -357,8 +361,8 @@
word on the command line, in which
case it will be replaced by the value
of the environment variable split up
at whitespace, resulting in zero or more
arguments. Note that the first
at whitespace, resulting in zero or
more arguments. Note that the first
argument (i.e. the program to execute)
may not be a variable, since it must
be a literal and absolute path
@ -386,13 +390,14 @@
lines. If shell command lines are to
be used they need to be passed
explicitly to a shell implementation
of some kind. Example:
<literal>ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'dmesg | tac'</literal></para>
of some kind. Example:</para>
<programlisting>ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'dmesg | tac'
</programlisting>
<para>For services run by a user
instance of systemd the special
environment variable
<literal>MANAGERPID</literal> is set
<varname>$MANAGERPID</varname> is set
to the PID of the systemd
instance.</para>
</listitem>
@ -410,6 +415,11 @@
that multiple command lines are allowed
and the commands are executed one
after the other, serially.</para>
<para>If any of those commands (not
prefixed with '<literal>-</literal>')
fail, the rest are not executed and
the unit is considered failed.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -425,14 +435,17 @@
optional. Specifier and environment
variable substitution is supported
here following the same scheme as for
<varname>ExecStart=</varname>. One
additional special environment
variables is set: if known
<literal>$MAINPID</literal> is set to
<varname>ExecStart=</varname>.</para>
<para>One additional special
environment variables is set: if known
<varname>$MAINPID</varname> is set to
the main process of the daemon, and
may be used for command lines like the
following: <command>/bin/kill -HUP
$MAINPID</command>.</para></listitem>
following:</para>
<programlisting>/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID</programlisting>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@ -456,7 +469,7 @@
service stop is requested. Specifier
and environment variable substitution
is supported (including
<literal>$MAINPID</literal>, see
<varname>$MAINPID</varname>, see
above).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>