Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

[Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com>]

Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> writes:

> On Apr 3, 2017, at 7:36 AM, Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> But I kind of understand why systemd, but I wish I could find a good
>> cookbook description of how to add or modify a new process.
>
> +1
>
> Indeed: 
> The main thing I personally have a problem with in systemd that I did
> not have a problem with in sysvinit is that the documentation for how
> to do things “the systemd way” is hard to find and opaque once you do
> find it.

'man systemd' gives a good overview and points you to the other
manpages, which all are explicit, expansive, and full of examples.

I never got the feeling that systemd was underdocumented. In fact, I
sometimes wish it were a bit more concise.

Mart

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