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diff --git a/man/systemd.syntax.xml b/man/systemd.syntax.xml index 448ae174cb..67cd640eea 100644 --- a/man/systemd.syntax.xml +++ b/man/systemd.syntax.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*--> +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "custom-entities.ent" > @@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ backslash is replaced by a space character. This may be used to wrap long lines. The limit on line length is very large (currently 1 MB), but it is recommended to avoid such long lines and use multiple directives, variable substitution, or other mechanism as appropriate for the given - file type.</para> + file type. When a comment line or lines follow a line ending with a backslash, the comment block + is ignored, so the continued line is concatenated with whatever follows the comment block.</para> <example><programlisting>[Section A] KeyOne=value 1 @@ -85,8 +86,31 @@ KeyTwo=value 2 Setting="something" "some thing" "…" KeyTwo=value 2 \ value 2 continued + +[Section C] +KeyThree=value 2\ +# this line is ignored +; this line is ignored too + value 2 continued </programlisting></example> + <para>Boolean arguments used in configuration files can be written in + various formats. For positive settings the strings + <option>1</option>, <option>yes</option>, <option>true</option> + and <option>on</option> are equivalent. For negative settings, the + strings <option>0</option>, <option>no</option>, + <option>false</option> and <option>off</option> are + equivalent.</para> + + <para>Time span values encoded in configuration files can be written in various formats. A stand-alone + number specifies a time in seconds. If suffixed with a time unit, the unit is honored. A + concatenation of multiple values with units is supported, in which case the values are added + up. Example: <literal>50</literal> refers to 50 seconds; <literal>2min 200ms</literal> refers to + 2 minutes and 200 milliseconds, i.e. 120200 ms. The following time units are understood: + <literal>s</literal>, <literal>min</literal>, <literal>h</literal>, <literal>d</literal>, + <literal>w</literal>, <literal>ms</literal>, <literal>us</literal>. For details see + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + <para>Various settings are allowed to be specified more than once, in which case the interpretation depends on the setting. Often, multiple settings form a list, and setting to an empty value "resets", which means that previous assignments are ignored. When this is allowed, @@ -95,4 +119,11 @@ KeyTwo=value 2 \ file format.</para> </refsect1> + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + </refentry> |