<varname>RequiresMountsFor=</varname>). Both explicitly
and implicitly introduced dependencies are shown with
<command>list-dependencies</command>.</para>
+
+ <para>When passed to the <command>list-jobs</command> command, for each printed job show which other jobs are
+ waiting for it. May be combined with <option>--before</option> to show both the jobs waiting for each job as
+ well as all jobs each job is waiting for.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
units that are ordered after the specified unit. In other
words, recursively list units following the
<varname>Before=</varname> dependency.</para>
+
+ <para>When passed to the <command>list-jobs</command> command, for each printed job show which other jobs it
+ is waiting for. May be combined with <option>--after</option> to show both the jobs waiting for each job as
+ well as all jobs each job is waiting for.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
of <command>status</command>, <command>list-units</command>,
<command>list-jobs</command>, and
<command>list-timers</command>.</para>
+ <para>Also, show installation targets in the output of
+ <command>is-enabled</command>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>list-units <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term>
+ <term><command>list-units <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</optional></command></term>
<listitem>
<para>List units that <command>systemd</command> currently has in memory. This includes units that are
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>list-sockets <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term>
+ <term><command>list-sockets <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</optional></command></term>
<listitem>
<para>List socket units currently in memory, ordered by listening address. If one or more
<programlisting>
LISTEN UNIT ACTIVATES
/dev/initctl systemd-initctl.socket systemd-initctl.service
-...
+…
[::]:22 sshd.socket sshd.service
kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>list-timers <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term>
+ <term><command>list-timers <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</optional></command></term>
<listitem>
<para>List timer units currently in memory, ordered by the time they elapse next. If one or more
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>start <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>start <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Start (activate) one or more units specified on the
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>stop <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>stop <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Stop (deactivate) one or more units specified on the
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>reload <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>reload <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Asks all units listed on the command line to reload
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Restart one or more units specified on the command
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>try-restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>try-restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Restart one or more units specified on the command
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>reload-or-restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>reload-or-restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reload one or more units if they support it. If not,
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>try-reload-or-restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>try-reload-or-restart <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reload one or more units if they support it. If not,
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>kill <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>kill <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Send a signal to one or more processes of the
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>is-active <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>is-active <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Check whether any of the specified units are active
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>is-failed <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>is-failed <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Check whether any of the specified units are in a
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>status</command> <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...|<replaceable>PID</replaceable>...]</optional></term>
+ <term><command>status</command> <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…|<replaceable>PID</replaceable>…]</optional></term>
<listitem>
<para>Show terse runtime status information about one or
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>show</command> <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...|<replaceable>JOB</replaceable>...</optional></term>
+ <term><command>show</command> <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…|<replaceable>JOB</replaceable>…</optional></term>
<listitem>
<para>Show properties of one or more units, jobs, or the
manager itself. If no argument is specified, properties of
the manager will be shown. If a unit name is specified,
- properties of the unit is shown, and if a job ID is
- specified, properties of the job is shown. By default, empty
+ properties of the unit are shown, and if a job ID is
+ specified, properties of the job are shown. By default, empty
properties are suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to
show those too. To select specific properties to show, use
<option>--property=</option>. This command is intended to be
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>cat <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>cat <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Show backing files of one or more units. Prints the
"fragment" and "drop-ins" (source files) of units. Each
file is preceded by a comment which includes the file
- name.</para>
+ name. Note that this shows the contents of the backing files
+ on disk, which may not match the system manager's
+ understanding of these units if any unit files were
+ updated on disk and the <command>daemon-reload</command>
+ command wasn't issued since.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>set-property <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>ASSIGNMENT</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>set-property <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>ASSIGNMENT</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Set the specified unit properties at runtime where
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>help <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...|<replaceable>PID</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>help <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…|<replaceable>PID</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Show manual pages for one or more units, if
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>reset-failed [<replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...]</command></term>
+ <term><command>reset-failed [<replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…]</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reset the <literal>failed</literal> state of the
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>list-unit-files <optional><replaceable>PATTERN...</replaceable></optional></command></term>
+ <term><command>list-unit-files <optional><replaceable>PATTERN…</replaceable></optional></command></term>
<listitem>
<para>List unit files installed on the system, in combination with their enablement state (as reported by
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>enable <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
- <term><command>enable <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>enable <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</command></term>
+ <term><command>enable <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Enable one or more units or unit instances. This will create a set of symlinks, as encoded in the
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>disable <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>disable <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Disables one or more units. This removes all symlinks to the unit files backing the specified units
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>reenable <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>reenable <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reenable one or more units, as specified on the command line. This is a combination of
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>preset <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>preset <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reset the enable/disable status one or more unit files, as specified on
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>is-enabled <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>is-enabled <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Checks whether any of the specified unit files are
exit code of 0 if at least one is enabled, non-zero
otherwise. Prints the current enable status (see table).
To suppress this output, use <option>--quiet</option>.
+ To show installation targets, use <option>--full</option>.
</para>
<table>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>mask <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>mask <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Mask one or more units, as specified on the command line. This will link these unit files to
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>unmask <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>unmask <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Unmask one or more unit files, as specified on the command line. This will undo the effect of
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>link <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>link <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Link a unit file that is not in the unit file search paths into the unit file search path. This
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>revert <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>revert <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Revert one or more unit files to their vendor versions. This command removes drop-in configuration
<literal>foo.service.d/</literal> with all their contained files are removed, both below the persistent and
runtime configuration directories (i.e. below <filename>/etc/systemd/system</filename> and
<filename>/run/systemd/system</filename>); if the unit file has a vendor-supplied version (i.e. a unit file
- located below <filename>/usr</filename>) any matching peristent or runtime unit file that overrides it is
+ located below <filename>/usr</filename>) any matching persistent or runtime unit file that overrides it is
removed, too. Note that if a unit file has no vendor-supplied version (i.e. is only defined below
<filename>/etc/systemd/system</filename> or <filename>/run/systemd/system</filename>, but not in a unit
file stored below <filename>/usr</filename>), then it is not removed. Also, if a unit is masked, it is
<varlistentry>
<term><command>add-wants <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable>
- <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</command></term>
<term><command>add-requires <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable>
- <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Adds <literal>Wants=</literal> or <literal>Requires=</literal>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>edit <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>edit <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Edit a drop-in snippet or a whole replacement file if
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>list-machines <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...</optional></command></term>
+ <term><command>list-machines <optional><replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…</optional></command></term>
<listitem>
<para>List the host and all running local containers with
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>list-jobs <optional><replaceable>PATTERN...</replaceable></optional></command></term>
+ <term><command>list-jobs <optional><replaceable>PATTERN…</replaceable></optional></command></term>
<listitem>
<para>List jobs that are in progress. If one or more
<replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only
jobs for units matching one of them are shown.</para>
+
+ <para>When combined with <option>--after</option> or <option>--before</option> the list is augmented with
+ information on which other job each job is waiting for, and which other jobs are waiting for it, see
+ above.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>cancel <replaceable>JOB</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>cancel <replaceable>JOB</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Cancel one or more jobs specified on the command line
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>set-environment <replaceable>VARIABLE=VALUE</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>set-environment <replaceable>VARIABLE=VALUE</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Set one or more systemd manager environment variables,
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>unset-environment <replaceable>VARIABLE</replaceable>...</command></term>
+ <term><command>unset-environment <replaceable>VARIABLE</replaceable>…</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Unset one or more systemd manager environment
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>import-environment</command>
- <optional><replaceable>VARIABLE...</replaceable></optional>
+ <optional><replaceable>VARIABLE…</replaceable></optional>
</term>
<listitem>
<title>Parameter Syntax</title>
<para>Unit commands listed above take either a single unit name (designated as <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>),
- or multiple unit specifications (designated as <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>...). In the first case, the
+ or multiple unit specifications (designated as <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>…). In the first case, the
unit name with or without a suffix must be given. If the suffix is not specified (unit name is "abbreviated"),
systemctl will append a suitable suffix, <literal>.service</literal> by default, and a type-specific suffix in
case of commands which operate only on specific unit types. For example,
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