Re: [systemd-devel] what is sd_notify() really for ?

2017-04-17 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 17.04.2017 um 00:47 schrieb Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult: On 17.04.2017 00:04, Lennart Poettering wrote: Please always check the man pages if you have questions regarding a specific systemd interface: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_notify.html Done so, of course

Re: [systemd-devel] what is sd_notify() really for ?

2017-04-17 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Mon, 17.04.17 00:47, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult (enrico.weig...@gr13.net) wrote: > On 17.04.2017 00:04, Lennart Poettering wrote: > > > Please always check the man pages if you have questions regarding a > > specific systemd interface: > > > > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/syste

Re: [systemd-devel] what is sd_notify() really for ?

2017-04-16 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 17.04.2017 00:04, Lennart Poettering wrote: > Please always check the man pages if you have questions regarding a > specific systemd interface: > > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_notify.html Done so, of course. Unfortunately, it doesn't answer my questions, eg. what the s

[systemd-devel] what is sd_notify() really for ?

2017-04-16 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Hi folks, I just wonder what sd_notify()+friends is really for. What does the service manager actually do with that information? Is this just informational or does it do certain decisions (eg. starting/stopping other depending services, etc) on that ? Is this somehow related to systems monitori

Re: [systemd-devel] what is sd_notify() really for ?

2017-04-16 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Sun, 16.04.17 23:48, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult (enrico.weig...@gr13.net) wrote: > Hi folks, > > > I just wonder what sd_notify()+friends is really for. What does the > service manager actually do with that information? > > Is this just informational or does it do certain decisions (e