man: mention that systemctl --root=/ operates on the fs directly
authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Sun, 16 Oct 2016 23:44:40 +0000 (19:44 -0400)
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Mon, 17 Oct 2016 06:26:42 +0000 (02:26 -0400)
man/systemctl.xml

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         <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>
 
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