On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 5:01 AM, Erwan David <er...@rail.eu.org> wrote:
>>> 2) You have a specific syntax, and a specific semantics (what does >>> ExecStart, WantedBy, etc mean), that one must learn in order to simply >>> read this. The namles of the sections are also meaningfull. All this >>> defines a full fledge langaue, and I did not find any comprehensive donc >>> of the language. Each doc refers to 43 or 4 other docs who refers back >>> to all the others, making things quite difficult to read when you need a >>> complete doc and not only a reference on points that you already >>> partially know. >> >> You have to learn the syntax of any program in order to use it. >> >> The LSB headers of a sysvinit script have to be learned. > > Yes. SO the argument "it is a simple text file not a shell script" uis > false. It is as complicated to learn as a shell script. More for > people knowing scripting (eg. all unix admins). Run "file /lib/systemd/system/<somedaemon>/service" and check what it returns. The ini file is a text file. But is has a syntax. Your argument would mean that a text file in hindi wouldn't be a text file. No. You'd have to learn hindi to understand the hindi file and you have to learn systemd-speak to understand its unit files. >> For documentation of the keys, try harder: >> >> man 7 systemd.directives > > You're joking or what ? Not at all. Either you're an administrator and you learn about the tools that you have to use or you're a user and you don't. > Accept= > systemd.socket(5) > > After= > systemd.unit(5) > > Alias= > systemd.unit(5) > > AllowIsolate= > systemd.unit(5) > > Also= > systemd.unit(5) > > Backlog= > systemd.socket(5) > > Before= > systemd.unit(5) > > BindIPv6Only= > systemd.socket(5) > > BindToDevice= > systemd.socket(5) > > BindsTo= > systemd.unit(5) > > Does not document anything. It is just an index to a multi file > reference, which is useless if you do not already know the system. My > problem is not "whioch are the options for this particular statement", > but how do I do this (eg. How do I test a particular condition before > starting a daemon, or how do I replace my policy-rc.d ?). It's an index. So what? It tells you in which systemd.<something> man page to look up a systemd unit's key. Weren't you asking to understand unit files and their syntax? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=Szi0_Du9LaF6=2va8b+szoo5zbz1wv7kdyddfz-gas...@mail.gmail.com
