<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
<arg choice="plain">unit-paths</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>systemd-analyze</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">condition</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>CONDITION</replaceable>…</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>systemd-analyze</command>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
<command>systemd-analyze</command>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
<arg choice="plain">calendar</arg>
- <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>SPECS</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>SPEC</replaceable></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>systemd-analyze</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">timestamp</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>TIMESTAMP</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>systemd-analyze</command>
initialization of one service might be slow simply because it waits for the initialization of another
service to complete. Also note: <command>systemd-analyze blame</command> doesn't display results for
services with <varname>Type=simple</varname>, because systemd considers such services to be started
- immediately, hence no measurement of the initialization delays can be done.</para>
+ immediately, hence no measurement of the initialization delays can be done. Also note that this command
+ only shows the time units took for starting up, it does not show how long unit jobs spent in the
+ execution queue. In particular it shows the time units spent in <literal>activating</literal> state,
+ which is not defined for units such as device units that transition directly from
+ <literal>inactive</literal> to <literal>active</literal>. This command hence gives an impression of the
+ performance of program code, but cannot accurately reflect latency introduced by waiting for
+ hardware and similar events.</para>
<example>
<title><command>Show which units took the most time during boot</command></title>
<replaceable>UNIT</replaceable>s or for the default target otherwise). The time after the unit is
active or started is printed after the "@" character. The time the unit takes to start is printed after
the "+" character. Note that the output might be misleading as the initialization of services might
- depend on socket activation and because of the parallel execution of units.</para>
+ depend on socket activation and because of the parallel execution of units. Also, similar to the
+ <command>blame</command> command, this only takes into account the time units spent in
+ <literal>activating</literal> state, and hence does not cover units that never went through an
+ <literal>activating</literal> state (such as device units that transition directly from
+ <literal>inactive</literal> to <literal>active</literal>). Moreover it does not show information on
+ jobs (and in particular not jobs that timed out).</para>
<example>
<title><command>systemd-analyze time</command></title>
to retrieve the actual list that the manager uses, with any empty directories omitted.</para>
</refsect2>
+ <refsect2>
+ <title><command>systemd-analyze condition <replaceable>CONDITION</replaceable>...</command></title>
+
+ <para>This command will evaluate <varname noindex='true'>Condition*=...</varname> and
+ <varname noindex='true'>Assert*=...</varname> assignments, and print their values, and
+ the resulting value of the combined condition set. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for a list of available conditions and asserts.</para>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Evaluate conditions that check kernel versions</title>
+
+ <programlisting>$ systemd-analyze condition 'ConditionKernelVersion = ! <4.0' \
+ 'ConditionKernelVersion = >=5.1' \
+ 'ConditionACPower=|false' \
+ 'ConditionArchitecture=|!arm' \
+ 'AssertPathExists=/etc/os-release'
+test.service: AssertPathExists=/etc/os-release succeeded.
+Asserts succeeded.
+test.service: ConditionArchitecture=|!arm succeeded.
+test.service: ConditionACPower=|false failed.
+test.service: ConditionKernelVersion=>=5.1 succeeded.
+test.service: ConditionKernelVersion=!<4.0 succeeded.
+Conditions succeeded.</programlisting>
+ </example>
+ </refsect2>
+
<refsect2>
<title><command>systemd-analyze syscall-filter <optional><replaceable>SET</replaceable>...</optional></command></title>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. By
default, only the next time the calendar expression will elapse is shown; use
<option>--iterations=</option> to show the specified number of next times the expression
- elapses.</para>
+ elapses. Each time the expression elapses forms a timestamp, see the <command>timestamp</command>
+ verb below.</para>
<example>
<title>Show leap days in the near future</title>
</example>
</refsect2>
+ <refsect2>
+ <title><command>systemd-analyze timestamp <replaceable>TIMESTAMP</replaceable>...</command></title>
+
+ <para>This command parses a timestamp (i.e. a single point in time) and outputs the normalized form and
+ the difference between this timestamp and now. The timestamp should adhere to the syntax documented in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ section "PARSING TIMESTAMPS".</para>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Show parsing of timestamps</title>
+
+ <programlisting>$ systemd-analyze timestamp yesterday now tomorrow
+ Original form: yesterday
+Normalized form: Mon 2019-05-20 00:00:00 CEST
+ (in UTC): Sun 2019-05-19 22:00:00 UTC
+ UNIX seconds: @15583032000
+ From now: 1 day 9h ago
+
+ Original form: now
+Normalized form: Tue 2019-05-21 09:48:39 CEST
+ (in UTC): Tue 2019-05-21 07:48:39 UTC
+ UNIX seconds: @1558424919.659757
+ From now: 43us ago
+
+ Original form: tomorrow
+Normalized form: Wed 2019-05-22 00:00:00 CEST
+ (in UTC): Tue 2019-05-21 22:00:00 UTC
+ UNIX seconds: @15584760000
+ From now: 14h left
+</programlisting>
+ </example>
+ </refsect2>
+
<refsect2>
<title><command>systemd-analyze timespan <replaceable>EXPRESSION</replaceable>...</command></title>
- <para>This command parses a time span and outputs the normalized form and the equivalent value in
- microseconds. The time span should adhere to the same syntax documented in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- Values without associated magnitudes are parsed as seconds.</para>
+ <para>This command parses a time span (i.e. a difference between two timestamps) and outputs the
+ normalized form and the equivalent value in microseconds. The time span should adhere to the syntax
+ documented in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ section "PARSING TIME SPANS". Values without units are parsed as seconds.</para>
<example>
<title>Show parsing of timespans</title>