which configure resource control settings for the processes of the
service.</para>
- <para>If a service is requested under a certain name but no unit
- configuration file is found, systemd looks for a SysV init script
- by the same name (with the <filename>.service</filename> suffix
- removed) and dynamically creates a service unit from that script.
- This is useful for compatibility with SysV. Note that this
- compatibility is quite comprehensive but not 100%. For details
- about the incompatibilities, see the <ulink
- url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Incompatibilities">Incompatibilities
- with SysV</ulink> document.</para>
+ <para>If SysV init compat is enabled, systemd automatically creates service units that wrap SysV init
+ scripts (the service name is the same as the name of the script, with a <literal>.service</literal>
+ suffix added); see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysv-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para>
<para>The <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
command allows creating <filename>.service</filename> and <filename>.scope</filename> units dynamically
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
- <para>Service files must include a [Service]
+ <para>Service unit files may include [Unit] and [Install] sections, which are described in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Service unit files must include a [Service]
section, which carries information about the service and the
process it supervises. A number of options that may be used in
this section are shared with other unit types. These options are
</variablelist>
- <para>Check
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
+ <para id='shared-unit-options'>Check
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more
settings.</para>
</refsect1>
<literal>\;</literal>.</para>
<para>Each command line is unquoted using the rules described in "Quoting" section in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.syntax</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.syntax</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
first item becomes the command to execute, and the subsequent items the arguments.</para>
<para>This syntax is inspired by shell syntax, but only the meta-characters and expansions