From 9d3d73e42eab725dd8c30035211ef0fdfdac4f63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason St. John" Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:03:46 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] man: improve wording of systemctl's --after/--before Commit 4a77ca7 was an attempt at fixing the wording of --after and --before, but the new wording was unclear. Split the combined --after/--before section into a separate section for each, explicitly state what each option does, and add information about how these lists are generated. Reported-by: Andrey Borzenkov Reported-by: Lennart Poettering (cherry picked from commit 9029f64298cb70c12ecf638fddee7f41b056fcf1) (cherry picked from commit 7b6a54f75361fe4a166684c0a04db48c3de67504) --- man/systemctl.xml | 21 ++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index 03f2bc5e5..171a9bfae 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -173,12 +173,27 @@ systemctl start foo + + + With list-dependencies, show the + units that are ordered before the specified unit. In other + words, list the units that are in the After= + directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in + their Before= directive, or are otherwise + implicit dependencies of the specified unit. + + + + - Show after (before) which units the specified unit is started - with list-dependencies. - + With list-dependencies, show the + units that are ordered after the specified unit. In other + words, list the units that are in the Before= + directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in + their After= directive, or otherwise depend + on the specified unit.