diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index bceb5aa110..7eaf9cbce3 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -270,10 +270,21 @@
Additional commands
that are executed before (resp. after)
the command in
- ExecStart=. If
- specified more than once, all commands
- are executed one after the other,
- serially. Use of these settings is
+ ExecStart=. Multiple
+ command lines may be concatenated in a
+ single directive, by seperating them
+ by semicolons (these semicolons must
+ be passed as seperate words). In that
+ case, the commands are executed one
+ after the other,
+ serially. Alternatively, these
+ directives may be specified more than
+ once whith the same effect. However,
+ the latter syntax is not recommended
+ for compatibility with parsers
+ suitable for XDG
+ .desktop files.
+ Use of these settings is
optional.
@@ -281,20 +292,24 @@
ExecReload=Commands to execute to
trigger a configuration reload in the
- service. If used more than once, all
- commands are executed one after the
- other, serially. Use of this setting is optional.
-
+ service. This argument takes multiple
+ command lines, following the same
+ scheme as pointed out for
+ ExecStartPre=
+ above. Use of this setting is
+ optional.
ExecStop=Commands to execute to
stop the service started via
- ExecStart=. If used
- more than once, all commands are
- executed one after the other,
- serially. Use of this setting is
+ ExecStart=. This
+ argument takes multiple command lines,
+ following the same scheme as pointed
+ out for
+ ExecStartPre=
+ above. Use of this setting is
optional. All processes remaining for
a service after the commands
configured in this option are run are
@@ -312,10 +327,12 @@
that are executed after the service
was stopped using the commands
configured in
- ExecStop=. If
- specified more than once, all commands
- are executed one after the other,
- serially. Use of these settings is
+ ExecStop=. This
+ argument takes multiple command lines,
+ following the same scheme as pointed
+ out for
+ ExecStartPre. Use
+ of these settings is
optional.
diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 32102fab88..20dc00ed01 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -440,16 +440,18 @@
ExecStartPre=ExecStartPost=
- Takes a command line,
- which is executed before (resp. after)
- the listening sockets/FIFOs are created and
+ Takes one or more
+ command lines, which are executed
+ before (resp. after) the listening
+ sockets/FIFOs are created and
bound. The first token of the command
line must be an absolute file name,
then followed by arguments for the
- process. If specified more than once,
- all commands are executed one after
- the other, fully serialized. The use of
- these settings is optional.
+ process. Multiple command lines may be
+ specified following the same scheme as
+ used for
+ ExecStartPre= of
+ service unit files.
@@ -458,10 +460,11 @@
Additional commands
that are executed before (resp. after)
the listening sockets/FIFOs are closed
- and removed. If specified more than
- once, all commands are executed one
- after the other, fully serialized. The use of
- these settings is optional.
+ and removed. Multiple command lines
+ may be specified following the same
+ scheme as used for
+ ExecStartPre= of
+ service unit files.
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 26272c4410..a06eed5861 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@
are understood: s, min, h, d, w, ms, us.
Empty lines and lines starting with # or ; are
- ignored. This may be used for commenting.
+ ignored. This may be used for commenting. Lines ending
+ in a backslash are concatenated with the following
+ line while reading and the backslash is replaced by a
+ space character. This may be used to wrap long lines.
If a line starts with
followed by a file name the specified file will be