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| 6 | This file is part of systemd. | |
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| 8 | Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering | |
| 9 | ||
| 10 | systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | |
| 11 | under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
| 12 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or | |
| 13 | (at your option) any later version. | |
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| 15 | systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but | |
| 16 | WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
| 17 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU | |
| 18 | General Public License for more details. | |
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| 23 | ||
| 24 | <refentry id="systemd-install"> | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | <refentryinfo> | |
| 27 | <title>systemctl</title> | |
| 28 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | <authorgroup> | |
| 31 | <author> | |
| 32 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
| 33 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
| 34 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
| 35 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
| 36 | </author> | |
| 37 | </authorgroup> | |
| 38 | </refentryinfo> | |
| 39 | ||
| 40 | <refmeta> | |
| 41 | <refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle> | |
| 42 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> | |
| 43 | </refmeta> | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | <refnamediv> | |
| 46 | <refname>systemctl</refname> | |
| 47 | <refpurpose>Control the systemd system and session manager</refpurpose> | |
| 48 | </refnamediv> | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
| 51 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
| 52 | <command>systemctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg></command> | |
| 53 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
| 54 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
| 55 | ||
| 56 | <refsect1> | |
| 57 | <title>Description</title> | |
| 58 | ||
| 59 | <para><command>systemctl</command> may be used to | |
| 60 | introspect and control the state of the | |
| 61 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
| 62 | system and session manager.</para> | |
| 63 | </refsect1> | |
| 64 | ||
| 65 | <refsect1> | |
| 66 | <title>Options</title> | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | <para>The following options are understood:</para> | |
| 69 | ||
| 70 | <variablelist> | |
| 71 | <varlistentry> | |
| 72 | <term><option>--help</option></term> | |
| 7594fb25 | 73 | <term><option>-h</option></term> |
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74 | |
| 75 | <listitem><para>Prints a short help | |
| 76 | text and exits.</para></listitem> | |
| 77 | </varlistentry> | |
| 78 | ||
| 79 | <varlistentry> | |
| 80 | <term><option>--type=</option></term> | |
| 7594fb25 | 81 | <term><option>-t</option></term> |
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82 | |
| 83 | <listitem><para>When listing units, | |
| 84 | limit display to certain unit | |
| 85 | types. If not specified units of all | |
| 86 | types will be shown. The argument | |
| 87 | should be a unit type name such as | |
| 88 | <option>service</option>, | |
| 89 | <option>socket</option> and | |
| 90 | similar.</para></listitem> | |
| 91 | </varlistentry> | |
| 92 | ||
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93 | <varlistentry> |
| 94 | <term><option>--property=</option></term> | |
| 95 | <term><option>-p</option></term> | |
| 96 | ||
| 97 | <listitem><para>When showing | |
| 98 | unit/job/manager information, limit | |
| 99 | display to certain property names. If | |
| 100 | not specified all set properties are | |
| 101 | shown. The argument should be a | |
| 102 | property name, such as | |
| 103 | <literal>MainPID</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 104 | </varlistentry> | |
| 105 | ||
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106 | <varlistentry> |
| 107 | <term><option>--all</option></term> | |
| 7594fb25 | 108 | <term><option>-a</option></term> |
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109 | |
| 110 | <listitem><para>When listing units, | |
| 111 | show all units, regardless of their | |
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112 | state, including inactive units. When |
| 113 | showing unit/job/manager information, | |
| 114 | show all properties regardless whether | |
| 115 | they are set or not.</para></listitem> | |
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116 | </varlistentry> |
| 117 | ||
| 118 | <varlistentry> | |
| 90d473a1 | 119 | <term><option>--fail</option></term> |
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120 | |
| 121 | <listitem><para>If the requested | |
| 436c44a5 | 122 | operation conflicts with an existing |
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123 | unfinished operation, fail the |
| 124 | command. If this is not specified the | |
| 125 | requested operation will replace the | |
| 126 | pending job if | |
| 127 | necessary.</para></listitem> | |
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128 | </varlistentry> |
| 129 | ||
| 130 | <varlistentry> | |
| 131 | <term><option>--system</option></term> | |
| 132 | ||
| 133 | <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd | |
| 134 | system manager. (Default)</para></listitem> | |
| 135 | </varlistentry> | |
| 136 | ||
| 137 | <varlistentry> | |
| 138 | <term><option>--session</option></term> | |
| 139 | ||
| 140 | <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd | |
| 141 | session manager of the calling user.</para></listitem> | |
| 142 | </varlistentry> | |
| 143 | ||
| 144 | <varlistentry> | |
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145 | <term><option>--no-block</option></term> |
| 146 | ||
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147 | <listitem><para>Do not synchronously wait for |
| 148 | the requested operation to finish. If this is | |
| 149 | not specified the job will be verified, | |
| 150 | enqueued and <command>systemctl</command> will | |
| 151 | wait until it is completed. By passing this | |
| 152 | argument it is only verified and | |
| 153 | enqueued.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> | |
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154 | |
| 155 | <varlistentry> | |
| 156 | <term><option>--quiet</option></term> | |
| 157 | <term><option>-q</option></term> | |
| 7874bcd6 | 158 | |
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159 | <listitem><para>Suppress output to |
| 160 | STDOUT for <command>snapshot</command> | |
| 161 | and | |
| 162 | <command>check</command>.</para></listitem> | |
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163 | </varlistentry> |
| 164 | ||
| 165 | <varlistentry> | |
| 166 | <term><option>--no-wall</option></term> | |
| 167 | ||
| 168 | <listitem><para>Don't send wall | |
| 169 | message before | |
| 170 | halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem> | |
| 171 | </varlistentry> | |
| 172 | </variablelist> | |
| 173 | ||
| 174 | <para>The following commands are understood:</para> | |
| 175 | ||
| 176 | <variablelist> | |
| 177 | <varlistentry> | |
| 178 | <term><command>list-units</command></term> | |
| 179 | ||
| 180 | <listitem><para>List known units.</para></listitem> | |
| 181 | </varlistentry> | |
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182 | <varlistentry> |
| 183 | <term><command>start [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 184 | ||
| 185 | <listitem><para>Start one or more | |
| 186 | units specified on the command | |
| 187 | line.</para></listitem> | |
| 188 | </varlistentry> | |
| 189 | <varlistentry> | |
| 190 | <term><command>stop [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 191 | ||
| 192 | <listitem><para>Stop one or more units | |
| 193 | specified on the command | |
| 194 | line.</para></listitem> | |
| 195 | </varlistentry> | |
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196 | <varlistentry> |
| 197 | <term><command>reload [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 198 | ||
| 199 | <listitem><para>Asks all services | |
| 200 | whose units are listed on the command | |
| 201 | line to reload their | |
| 202 | configuration. Note that this will | |
| 203 | reload the daemon configuration | |
| 204 | itself, not the unit configuration | |
| 205 | file of systemd. If you want systemd | |
| 206 | to reload the configuration file of a | |
| 207 | unit use the | |
| 208 | <command>daemon-reload</command> | |
| 209 | command. In other words: for the | |
| 210 | example case of Apache, this will | |
| 211 | reload Apache's | |
| 212 | <filename>httpd.conf</filename> in the | |
| 213 | web server, not the | |
| 214 | <filename>apache.service</filename> | |
| 215 | systemd unit file. </para> <para>This | |
| 216 | command should not be confused with | |
| 217 | the <command>daemon-reload</command> | |
| 218 | or <command>load</command> | |
| 219 | commands.</para></listitem> | |
| 220 | ||
| 221 | </varlistentry> | |
| 222 | <varlistentry> | |
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223 | <term><command>restart [NAME...]</command></term> |
| 224 | ||
| 225 | <listitem><para>Restart one or more | |
| 226 | units specified on the command | |
| 227 | line. If the units are not running yet | |
| 228 | they will be | |
| 229 | started.</para></listitem> | |
| 230 | </varlistentry> | |
| 231 | <varlistentry> | |
| 232 | <term><command>try-restart [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 233 | ||
| 234 | <listitem><para>Restart one or more | |
| 235 | units specified on the command | |
| 236 | line. If the units are not running yet | |
| 237 | the operation will | |
| 238 | fail.</para></listitem> | |
| 239 | </varlistentry> | |
| 240 | <varlistentry> | |
| 241 | <term><command>reload-or-restart [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 242 | <term><command>reload-or-try-restart [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 243 | ||
| 244 | <listitem><para>Reload one or more | |
| 245 | units if they support it. If not | |
| 246 | restart them | |
| 247 | instead.</para></listitem> | |
| 248 | </varlistentry> | |
| 249 | <varlistentry> | |
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250 | <term><command>isolate [NAME]</command></term> |
| 251 | ||
| 252 | <listitem><para>Start the unit | |
| 253 | specified on the command line and its | |
| 254 | dependencies and stop all | |
| 255 | others.</para></listitem> | |
| 256 | </varlistentry> | |
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257 | <varlistentry> |
| 258 | <term><command>check [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 259 | ||
| 260 | <listitem><para>Check whether any of | |
| 261 | the specified units is active | |
| 262 | (i.e. running). Returns 0 if at least | |
| 263 | one is active, non-zero | |
| 264 | otherwise. Unless | |
| 265 | <option>--quiet</option> is specified | |
| 266 | this will also print the current unit | |
| 267 | state to STDOUT.</para></listitem> | |
| 268 | </varlistentry> | |
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269 | <varlistentry> |
| 270 | <term><command>status [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 271 | ||
| 272 | <listitem><para>Show short status | |
| 273 | information about one or more | |
| 274 | units. This shows terse runtime | |
| 275 | information about | |
| 276 | units.</para></listitem> | |
| 277 | </varlistentry> | |
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278 | <varlistentry> |
| 279 | <term><command>show [NAME...|JOB...]</command></term> | |
| 280 | ||
| 61cbdc4b | 281 | <listitem><para>Show properties of |
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282 | one or more units, jobs or the manager |
| 283 | itself. If no argument is specified | |
| 61cbdc4b | 284 | properties of the manager will be |
| 393a2f9b | 285 | shown. If a unit name is specified |
| 61cbdc4b | 286 | properties of the unit is shown, |
| 393a2f9b | 287 | and if a job id is specified |
| 61cbdc4b | 288 | properties of the job is |
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289 | shown.</para></listitem> |
| 290 | </varlistentry> | |
| 291 | <varlistentry> | |
| 292 | <term><command>load [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 293 | ||
| 294 | <listitem><para>Load one or more units | |
| 295 | specified on the command line. This | |
| 296 | will simply load their configuration | |
| 297 | from disk, but not start them. To | |
| 298 | start them you need to use the | |
| 299 | <command>start</command> command which | |
| 300 | will implicitly load a unit that has | |
| 301 | not been loaded yet. Note that systemd | |
| 302 | garbage collects loaded units that are | |
| 303 | not active or referenced by an active | |
| 304 | unit. This means that units loaded | |
| 305 | this way will usually not stay loaded | |
| 306 | for long. Also note that this command | |
| 307 | cannot be used to reload unit | |
| 308 | configuration. Use the | |
| 309 | <command>daemon-reload</command> | |
| 310 | command for that. All in all, this | |
| 311 | command is of little use except for | |
| 312 | debugging.</para> | |
| 313 | <para>This command should not be | |
| 314 | confused with the | |
| 315 | <command>daemon-reload</command> or | |
| 316 | <command>reload</command> | |
| 317 | commands.</para></listitem> | |
| 318 | </varlistentry> | |
| 319 | <varlistentry> | |
| 320 | <term><command>list-jobs</command></term> | |
| 321 | ||
| 322 | <listitem><para>List jobs that are in progress.</para></listitem> | |
| 323 | </varlistentry> | |
| 324 | <varlistentry> | |
| 325 | <term><command>cancel [JOB...]</command></term> | |
| 326 | ||
| 327 | <listitem><para>Cancel one or more | |
| 328 | jobs specified on the command line by | |
| 329 | their numeric job | |
| 330 | IDs.</para></listitem> | |
| 331 | </varlistentry> | |
| 332 | <varlistentry> | |
| 333 | <term><command>clear-jobs</command></term> | |
| 334 | ||
| 335 | <listitem><para>Cancel all jobs that are in progress.</para></listitem> | |
| 336 | </varlistentry> | |
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337 | <varlistentry> |
| 338 | <term><command>monitor</command></term> | |
| 339 | ||
| 340 | <listitem><para>Monitor unit/job | |
| 341 | changes. This is mostly useful for | |
| 342 | debugging purposes and prints a line | |
| 343 | each time systemd loads or unloads a | |
| 344 | unit configuration file, or a unit | |
| 345 | property changes.</para></listitem> | |
| 346 | </varlistentry> | |
| 347 | <varlistentry> | |
| 348 | <term><command>dump</command></term> | |
| 349 | ||
| 350 | <listitem><para>Dump server | |
| 351 | status. This will output a (usually | |
| 352 | very long) human readable manager | |
| 353 | status dump. Its format is subject to | |
| 354 | change without notice and should not | |
| 355 | be parsed by | |
| 356 | applications.</para></listitem> | |
| 357 | </varlistentry> | |
| 358 | <varlistentry> | |
| 359 | <term><command>snapshot [NAME]</command></term> | |
| 360 | ||
| 361 | <listitem><para>Create a snapshot. If | |
| af62c704 | 362 | a snapshot name is specified, the new |
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363 | snapshot will be named after it. If |
| 364 | none is specified an automatic | |
| 365 | snapshot name is generated. In either | |
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366 | case, the snapshot name used is |
| 367 | printed to STDOUT, unless | |
| 368 | <option>--quiet</option> is | |
| 369 | specified.</para> | |
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370 | |
| 371 | <para>A snapshot refers to a saved | |
| 372 | state of the systemd manager. It is | |
| 373 | implemented itself as unit that is | |
| 374 | generated dynamically with this | |
| 375 | command and has dependencies on all | |
| 376 | units active at the time. At a later | |
| 377 | time the user may return to this state | |
| 378 | by using the | |
| 379 | <command>isolate</command> command on | |
| 380 | the snapshot unit.</para></listitem> | |
| 381 | ||
| 382 | <para>Snapshots are only useful for | |
| 383 | saving and restoring which units are | |
| 384 | running or are stopped, they do not | |
| 385 | save/restore any other | |
| 386 | state. Snapshots are dynamic and lost | |
| 387 | on reboot.</para> | |
| 388 | </varlistentry> | |
| 389 | <varlistentry> | |
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390 | <term><command>delete [NAME...]</command></term> |
| 391 | ||
| 392 | <listitem><para>Remove a snapshot | |
| 393 | previously created with | |
| 394 | <command>snapshot</command>.</para></listitem> | |
| 395 | </varlistentry> | |
| 396 | <varlistentry> | |
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397 | <term><command>daemon-reload</command></term> |
| 398 | ||
| 399 | <listitem><para>Reload systemd manager | |
| 400 | configuration. This will reload all | |
| 401 | unit files and recreate the entire | |
| 402 | dependency tree. While the daemon is | |
| af62c704 | 403 | reloaded, all sockets systemd listens |
| ad678a06 | 404 | on on behalf of user configuration will |
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405 | stay accessible.</para> <para>This |
| 406 | command should not be confused with | |
| 407 | the <command>load</command> or | |
| 408 | <command>reload</command> | |
| 409 | commands.</para></listitem> | |
| 410 | </varlistentry> | |
| 411 | <varlistentry> | |
| 412 | <term><command>daemon-reexec</command></term> | |
| 413 | ||
| 414 | <listitem><para>Reexecute the systemd | |
| 415 | manager. This will serialize the | |
| 416 | manager state, reexecute the process | |
| 417 | and deserialize the state again. This | |
| 418 | command is of little use except for | |
| 419 | debugging and package | |
| 420 | upgrades. Sometimes it might be | |
| 421 | helpful as a heavy-weight | |
| 422 | <command>daemon-reload</command>. While | |
| 423 | the daemon is reexecuted all sockets | |
| 424 | systemd listens on on behalf of user | |
| 425 | configuration will stay | |
| 426 | accessible.</para></listitem> | |
| 427 | </varlistentry> | |
| 428 | <varlistentry> | |
| 429 | <term><command>daemon-exit</command></term> | |
| 430 | ||
| 431 | <listitem><para>Ask the systemd | |
| 432 | manager to quit. This is only | |
| 433 | supported for session managers | |
| 434 | (i.e. in conjunction with the | |
| 435 | <option>--session</option> option) and | |
| 436 | will fail otherwise.</para></listitem> | |
| 437 | </varlistentry> | |
| 438 | <varlistentry> | |
| 439 | <term><command>show-environment</command></term> | |
| 440 | ||
| 441 | <listitem><para>Dump the systemd | |
| 442 | manager environment block. The | |
| 443 | environment block will be dumped in | |
| 444 | straight-forward form suitable for | |
| 445 | sourcing into a shell script. This | |
| 446 | environment block will be passed to | |
| 447 | all processes the manager | |
| 448 | spawns.</para></listitem> | |
| 449 | </varlistentry> | |
| 450 | <varlistentry> | |
| 451 | <term><command>set-environment [NAME=VALUE...]</command></term> | |
| 452 | ||
| 453 | <listitem><para>Set one or more | |
| 454 | systemd manager environment variables, | |
| 455 | as specified on the command | |
| 456 | line.</para></listitem> | |
| 457 | </varlistentry> | |
| 458 | <varlistentry> | |
| 459 | <term><command>unset-environment [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 460 | ||
| 461 | <listitem><para>Unset one or more | |
| 462 | systemd manager environment | |
| 463 | variables. If only a variable name is | |
| 464 | specified it will be removed | |
| 465 | regardless of its value. If a variable | |
| 466 | and a value are specified the variable | |
| 467 | is only removed if it has the | |
| 468 | specified value.</para></listitem> | |
| 469 | </varlistentry> | |
| 470 | ||
| 471 | <varlistentry> | |
| 472 | <term><command>halt</command></term> | |
| 473 | ||
| 474 | <listitem><para>Shut down and halt the | |
| 475 | system. This is mostly equivalent to | |
| 476 | <command>start halt.target</command> | |
| 477 | but also prints a wall message to all | |
| 478 | users.</para></listitem> | |
| 479 | </varlistentry> | |
| 480 | <varlistentry> | |
| 481 | <term><command>poweroff</command></term> | |
| 482 | ||
| 483 | <listitem><para>Shut down and | |
| 484 | power-off the system. This is mostly | |
| 485 | equivalent to <command>start | |
| 486 | poweroff.target</command> but also | |
| 487 | prints a wall message to all | |
| 488 | users.</para></listitem> | |
| 489 | </varlistentry> | |
| 490 | <varlistentry> | |
| 491 | <term><command>reboot</command></term> | |
| 492 | ||
| 493 | <listitem><para>Shut down and | |
| 494 | reboot the system. This is mostly | |
| 495 | equivalent to <command>start | |
| 496 | reboot.target</command> but also | |
| 497 | prints a wall message to all | |
| 498 | users.</para></listitem> | |
| 499 | </varlistentry> | |
| 500 | <varlistentry> | |
| 501 | <term><command>default</command></term> | |
| 502 | ||
| 503 | <listitem><para>Enter default | |
| 504 | mode. This is mostly equivalent to | |
| 505 | <command>start | |
| 506 | default.target</command>.</para></listitem> | |
| 507 | </varlistentry> | |
| 508 | <varlistentry> | |
| 509 | <term><command>rescue</command></term> | |
| 510 | ||
| 511 | <listitem><para>Enter rescue | |
| 512 | mode. This is mostly equivalent to | |
| 513 | <command>isolate | |
| 514 | rescue.target</command> but also | |
| 515 | prints a wall message to all | |
| 516 | users.</para></listitem> | |
| 517 | </varlistentry> | |
| 518 | <varlistentry> | |
| 519 | <term><command>emergency</command></term> | |
| 520 | ||
| 521 | <listitem><para>Enter emergency | |
| 522 | mode. This is mostly equivalent to | |
| 523 | <command>isolate | |
| f057408c | 524 | emergency.target</command> but also |
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525 | prints a wall message to all |
| 526 | users.</para></listitem> | |
| 527 | </varlistentry> | |
| 528 | </variablelist> | |
| 529 | ||
| 530 | </refsect1> | |
| 531 | ||
| 532 | <refsect1> | |
| 533 | <title>Exit status</title> | |
| 534 | ||
| 535 | <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure | |
| 536 | code otherwise.</para> | |
| 537 | </refsect1> | |
| 538 | ||
| 539 | <refsect1> | |
| 540 | <title>See Also</title> | |
| 541 | <para> | |
| 542 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 543 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 544 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 545 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 546 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
| 547 | </para> | |
| 548 | </refsect1> | |
| 549 | ||
| 550 | </refentry> |