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man: for ExecStart= provide more details on env var substitution and how that turns into arguments.

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For EnvironmentFile= explain that double quotes can be used
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Barry Scott 2011-10-03 11:50:09 +01:00 committed by Lennart Poettering
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man/systemd.exec.xml
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assignments. Empty lines and lines
starting with ; or # will be ignored,
which may be used for commenting. The
parser strips leading and
trailing whitespace from the values
of assignments, unless you use
double quotes (").
The
argument passed should be an absolute
file name, optionally prefixed with
"-", which indicates that if the file

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man/systemd.service.xml
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main process of the daemon. The
command line accepts % specifiers as
described in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. On
top of that basic environment variable
substitution is supported, where
<literal>${FOO}</literal> is replaced
by the string value of the environment
variable of the same name. Also
<literal>$FOO</literal> may appear as
separate word on the command line in
which case the variable is replaced by
its value split at whitespaces. Note
that the first argument (i.e. the
binary to execute) may not be a
variable, and must be a literal and
absolute path name.</para></listitem>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para>On top of that basic environment
variable substitution is
supported. Use
<literal>${FOO}</literal> as part of a
word, or as word of its own on the
command line, in which case it will be
replaced by the value of the
environment variable including all
whitespace it contains, resulting in a
single argument. Use
<literal>$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 no or more
arguments. Note that the first
argument (i.e. the program to execute)
may not be a variable, and must be a
literal and absolute path
name.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>