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From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 20:19:56 -0400
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Subject: [PATCH] man: information about available properties
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144496
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(cherry picked from commit ea539eb65950bea7a9734424e660ef84f6f30e6c)
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Cherry-picked from: ea539eb
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Resolves: #1222517
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---
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 man/systemctl.xml | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
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 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
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index 44ec0d7bcf..6b29b8cd03 100644
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--- a/man/systemctl.xml
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+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
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@@ -111,12 +111,30 @@
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         <listitem>
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           <para>When showing unit/job/manager properties with the
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-          <command>show</command> command, limit display to certain
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-          properties as specified as argument. If not specified, all
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-          set properties are shown. The argument should be a
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+          <command>show</command> command, limit display to properties
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+          specified in the argument. The argument should be a
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           comma-separated list of property names, such as
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-          <literal>MainPID</literal>. If specified more than once, all
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-          properties with the specified names are shown.</para>
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+          <literal>MainPID</literal>. Unless specified, all known
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+          properties are shown. If specified more than once, all
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+          properties with the specified names are shown. Shell
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+          completion is implemented for property names.</para>
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+
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+          <para>For the manager itself,
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+          <command>systemctl show</command> will show all available
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+          properties. Those properties are documented in
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+          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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+          </para>
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+
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+          <para>Properties for units vary by unit type, so showing any
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+          unit (even a non-existent one) is a way to list properties
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+          pertaining to this type. Similarly showing any job will list
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+          properties pertaining to all jobs. Properties for units are
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+          documented in
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+          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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+          and the pages for individual unit types
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+          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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+          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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+          etc.</para>
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         </listitem>
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       </varlistentry>
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