refers to the image of the running host system. It hence
conceptually maps to the special <literal>.host</literal> machine
name described above. Note that <command>machinectl
- list-images</command> won't show this special image either, unless
+ list-images</command> will not show this special image either, unless
<option>--all</option> is specified.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
- <para>Here's an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>
+ <para>Here is an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>
file that enables <command>myhostname</command> correctly:</para>
<programlisting>passwd: compat mymachines
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
- <para>Here's an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>
+ <para>Here is an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>
file that enables <command>mymachines</command> correctly:</para>
<programlisting>passwd: compat <command>mymachines</command>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
- <para>Here's an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>
+ <para>Here is an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>
file that enables <command>resolve</command> correctly:</para>
<programlisting>passwd: compat mymachines
<parameter>type</parameter>. However, as a special exception, if
the offset is specified as zero and the size specified as
UINT64_MAX the full memory file descriptor contents is used. The
- memory file descriptor is sealed by this call if it hasn't been
+ memory file descriptor is sealed by this call if it has not been
sealed yet, and cannot be modified after this call. See
<citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>memfd_create</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
or a related call, and then start the connection with
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_start</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
- <para>In most cases, it's a better idea to invoke
+ <para>In most cases, it is a better idea to invoke
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_user</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
or related calls instead of the more low-level
<term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
<listitem><para>An input parameter was invalid (out of range,
- or NULL, where that's not accepted).</para></listitem>
+ or NULL, where that is not accepted).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
certain latency. This call will return a positive value if the
journal changes are detected immediately and zero when they need
to be polled for and hence might be noticed only with a certain
- latency. Note that there's usually no need to invoke this function
+ latency. Note that there is usually no need to invoke this function
directly as <function>sd_journal_get_timeout()</function> on these
file systems will ask for timeouts explicitly anyway.</para>
</refsect1>
<term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
<listitem><para>An input parameter was invalid (out of range,
- or NULL, where that's not accepted). The specified category to
+ or NULL, where that is not accepted). The specified category to
watch is not known.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
<listitem><para>An input parameter was invalid (out of range,
- or NULL, where that's not accepted).</para></listitem>
+ or NULL, where that is not accepted).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
<listitem><para>An input parameter was invalid (out of range,
- or NULL, where that's not accepted).</para></listitem>
+ or NULL, where that is not accepted).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
<listitem><para>An input parameter was invalid (out of range,
- or NULL, where that's not accepted).</para></listitem>
+ or NULL, where that is not accepted).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
<listitem><para>An input parameter was invalid (out of range,
- or NULL, where that's not accepted).</para></listitem>
+ or NULL, where that is not accepted).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
<listitem><para>An input parameter was invalid (out of range,
- or NULL, where that's not accepted). This is also returned if
+ or NULL, where that is not accepted). This is also returned if
the passed user ID is 0xFFFF or 0xFFFFFFFF, which are
undefined on Linux.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
device that is configured for file system checking.
<filename>systemd-fsck-root.service</filename> is responsible for
file system checks on the root file system, but only if the
- root filesystem wasn't checked in the initramfs.
+ root filesystem was not checked in the initramfs.
<filename>systemd-fsck@.service</filename> is used for all other
file systems and for the root file system in the initramfs.</para>
their current values is shown. When at least one argument is
passed, the path with this name is queried and its value shown.
The variables whose name begins with <literal>search-</literal>
- don't refer to individual paths, but instead to a list of
+ do not refer to individual paths, but instead to a list of
colon-separated search paths, in their order of precedence.</para>
</refsect1>
<para>
Instead of heading off now and writing all kind of
generators for legacy configuration file formats, please
- think twice! It's often a better idea to just deprecate
+ think twice! It is often a better idea to just deprecate
old stuff instead of keeping it artificially alive.
</para>
</listitem>
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target</programlisting>
- <para>For <emphasis>bus-activatable</emphasis> services, don't
+ <para>For <emphasis>bus-activatable</emphasis> services, do not
include a <literal>[Install]</literal> section in the systemd
service file, but use the <varname>SystemdService=</varname>
option in the corresponding DBus service file, for example
WantedBy=multi-user.target</programlisting>
<para>Note that the daemon has to support systemd's notification
- protocol, else systemd will think the service hasn't started yet
+ protocol, else systemd will think the service has not started yet
and kill it after a timeout. For an example of how to update
daemons to support this protocol transparently, take a look at
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>KeepAliveProbes=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes an integer as argument. It's the number of
+ <listitem><para>Takes an integer as argument. It is the number of
unacknowledged probes to send before considering the
connection dead and notifying the application layer. This
controls the TCP_KEEPCNT socket option (see
<term><varname>ConditionFileNotEmpty=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionFileIsExecutable=</varname></term>
- <!-- We don't document ConditionNull=
+ <!-- We do not document ConditionNull=
here, as it is not particularly
useful and probably just
confusing. -->