diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index 2288f65d16..914af929c8 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -481,19 +481,16 @@ When used with enable, overwrite any existing conflicting symlinks. - When used with halt, - poweroff, reboot or - kexec, execute the selected operation - without shutting down all units. However, all processes will - be killed forcibly and all file systems are unmounted or - remounted read-only. This is hence a drastic but relatively - safe option to request an immediate reboot. If - is specified twice for these - operations, they will be executed immediately without - terminating any processes or unmounting any file - systems. Warning: specifying twice - with any of these operations might result in data - loss. + When used with halt, poweroff, reboot or + kexec, execute the selected operation without shutting down all units. However, all + processes will be killed forcibly and all file systems are unmounted or remounted read-only. This is hence a + drastic but relatively safe option to request an immediate reboot. If is specified + twice for these operations (with the exception of kexec), they will be executed + immediately, without terminating any processes or unmounting any file systems. Warning: specifying + twice with any of these operations might result in data loss. Note that when + is specified twice the selected operation is executed by + systemctl itself, and the system manager is not contacted. This means the command should + succeed even when the system manager hangs or crashed. @@ -1602,48 +1599,45 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service halt - Shut down and halt the system. This is mostly equivalent to - start halt.target --job-mode=replace-irreversibly, but also - prints a wall message to all users. If combined with - , shutdown of all running services is - skipped, however all processes are killed and all file - systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately - followed by the system halt. If is - specified twice, the operation is immediately executed - without terminating any processes or unmounting any file - systems. This may result in data loss. + Shut down and halt the system. This is mostly equivalent to start halt.target + --job-mode=replace-irreversibly, but also prints a wall message to all users. If combined with + , shutdown of all running services is skipped, however all processes are killed and + all file systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately followed by the system halt. If + is specified twice, the operation is immediately executed without terminating any + processes or unmounting any file systems. This may result in data loss. Note that when + is specified twice the halt operation is executed by + systemctl itself, and the system manager is not contacted. This means the command should + succeed even when the system manager hangs or crashed. poweroff - Shut down and power-off the system. This is mostly - equivalent to start poweroff.target --job-mode=replace-irreversibly, - but also prints a wall message to all users. If combined with - , shutdown of all running services is - skipped, however all processes are killed and all file - systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately - followed by the powering off. If is - specified twice, the operation is immediately executed - without terminating any processes or unmounting any file - systems. This may result in data loss. + Shut down and power-off the system. This is mostly equivalent to start poweroff.target + --job-mode=replace-irreversibly, but also prints a wall message to all users. If combined with + , shutdown of all running services is skipped, however all processes are killed and + all file systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately followed by the powering off. If + is specified twice, the operation is immediately executed without terminating any + processes or unmounting any file systems. This may result in data loss. Note that when + is specified twice the power-off operation is executed by + systemctl itself, and the system manager is not contacted. This means the command should + succeed even when the system manager hangs or crashed. reboot arg - Shut down and reboot the system. This is mostly - equivalent to start reboot.target --job-mode=replace-irreversibly, - but also prints a wall message to all users. If combined with - , shutdown of all running services is - skipped, however all processes are killed and all file - systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately - followed by the reboot. If is - specified twice, the operation is immediately executed - without terminating any processes or unmounting any file - systems. This may result in data loss. + Shut down and reboot the system. This is mostly equivalent to start reboot.target + --job-mode=replace-irreversibly, but also prints a wall message to all users. If combined with + , shutdown of all running services is skipped, however all processes are killed and + all file systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately followed by the reboot. If + is specified twice, the operation is immediately executed without terminating any + processes or unmounting any file systems. This may result in data loss. Note that when + is specified twice the reboot operation is executed by + systemctl itself, and the system manager is not contacted. This means the command should + succeed even when the system manager hangs or crashed. If the optional argument arg is given, it will be passed