From 29acf51b6a3ea9305752c9c4dacf1289a1edacb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: =?UTF-8?q?V=C3=A1clav=20Pavl=C3=ADn?= <vpavlin@redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:36:41 +0100

Subject: [PATCH] man: explain NAME in systemctl man page

---

 man/systemctl.xml | 13 +++++++++++++

 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml

index b043581..51c34b7 100644

--- a/man/systemctl.xml

+++ b/man/systemctl.xml

@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

     introspect and control the state of the

     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>

     system and service manager.</para>

+

+    <para>For Unit Commands the <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> represents full name of unit.

+    <programlisting>

+systemctl start foo.service

+    </programlisting>

+    For Unit File Commands the <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> represents full name of the unit file, or absolute path to the unit file.

+    <programlisting>

+systemctl start /path/to/foo.service

+    </programlisting>

+    While working with services/service files, <command>systemctl</command> is able to append .service suffix when it is missing.

+    <programlisting>

+systemctl start foo

+    </programlisting></para>

   </refsect1>

   <refsect1>