man: mention that systemctl --root=/ operates on the fs directly

2016-10-17 02:26:42 -04:00
parent 6d6e4ddd3d
commit 9b914a9d6b
1 changed files with 4 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -544,8 +544,10 @@
        <listitem>
          <para>When used with
          <command>enable</command>/<command>disable</command>/<command>is-enabled</command>
-          (and related commands), use an alternate root path when
-          looking for unit files.</para>
+          (and related commands), use the specified root path when looking for unit
+          files. If this option is present, <command>systemctl</command> will operate on
+          the file system directly, instead of communicating with the <command>systemd</command>
+          daemon to carry out changes.</para>
        </listitem>

      </varlistentry>