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From b8af9fd65b697e9bb77a32d1a6a70367814aaed5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 17:30:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] man: be clearer that .timer time expressions need to be reset
to override them
let's be clearer about the overriding concept for OnCalendar= settings.
Prompted by this thread:
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2019-March/042351.html
(cherry picked from commit 58031d99c6320855b86f4890baa9165597e3d841)
Resolves: #1816908
---
man/systemd.timer.xml | 31 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml
index 44b257c745..ebc1df89f1 100644
--- a/man/systemd.timer.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@
to when the unit the timer is activating was last
deactivated.</para>
- <para>Multiple directives may be combined of the same and of
- different types. For example, by combining
- <varname>OnBootSec=</varname> and
- <varname>OnUnitActiveSec=</varname>, it is possible to define
- a timer that elapses in regular intervals and activates a
- specific service each time.</para>
+ <para>Multiple directives may be combined of the same and of different types, in which case the timer
+ unit will trigger whenever any of the specified timer expressions elapse. For example, by combining
+ <varname>OnBootSec=</varname> and <varname>OnUnitActiveSec=</varname>, it is possible to define a
+ timer that elapses in regular intervals and activates a specific service each time. Moreover, both
+ monotonic time expressions and <varname>OnCalendar=</varname> calendar expressions may be combined in
+ the same timer unit.</para>
<para>The arguments to the directives are time spans
configured in seconds. Example: "OnBootSec=50" means 50s after
@@ -145,13 +145,12 @@
and the configured unit is started. This is not the case for
timers defined in the other directives.</para>
- <para>These are monotonic timers, independent of wall-clock
- time and timezones. If the computer is temporarily suspended,
- the monotonic clock stops too.</para>
+ <para>These are monotonic timers, independent of wall-clock time and timezones. If the computer is
+ temporarily suspended, the monotonic clock pauses, too.</para>
- <para>If the empty string is assigned to any of these options,
- the list of timers is reset, and all prior assignments will
- have no effect.</para>
+ <para>If the empty string is assigned to any of these options, the list of timers is reset (both
+ monotonic timers and <varname>OnCalendar=</varname> timers, see below), and all prior assignments
+ will have no effect.</para>
<para>Note that timers do not necessarily expire at the
precise time configured with these settings, as they are
@@ -175,7 +174,13 @@
the <varname>AccuracySec=</varname> setting
below.</para>
- <para>May be specified more than once.</para></listitem>
+ <para>May be specified more than once, in which case the timer unit will trigger whenever any of the
+ specified expressions elapse. Moreover calendar timers and monotonic timers (see above) may be
+ combined within the same timer unit.</para>
+
+ <para>If the empty string is assigned to any of these options, the list of timers is reset (both
+ <varname>OnCalendar=</varname> timers and monotonic timers, see above), and all prior assignments
+ will have no effect.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>