<term><option>--state=</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit
- LOAD, SUB, or ACTIVE states. When listing units, show only
- those in specified states. Use <option>--state=failed</option>
- to show only failed units.</para>
+ <para>The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit
+ LOAD, SUB, or ACTIVE states. When listing units, show only
+ those in specified states. Use <option>--state=failed</option>
+ to show only failed units.</para>
+
+ <para>As a special case, if one of the arguments is
+ <option>help</option>, a list of allowed values will be
+ printed and the program will exit.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--fail</option></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Shorthand for <option>--job-mode=</option>fail.</para>
+ <para>When used with the <command>kill</command> command,
+ if no units were killed, the operation results in an error.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-i</option></term>
<term><option>--ignore-inhibitors</option></term>
<tgroup cols='3'>
<thead>
<row>
- <entry>Printed string</entry>
- <entry>Meaning</entry>
- <entry>Return value</entry>
+ <entry>Name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Exit Code</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><literal>linked</literal></entry>
<entry morerows='1'>Made available through a symlink to the unit file (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>).</entry>
- <entry morerows='1'>1</entry>
+ <entry morerows='1'>> 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>linked-runtime</literal></entry>
<row>
<entry><literal>masked</literal></entry>
<entry morerows='1'>Disabled entirely (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>).</entry>
- <entry morerows='1'>1</entry>
+ <entry morerows='1'>> 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>masked-runtime</literal></entry>
<row>
<entry><literal>disabled</literal></entry>
<entry>Unit file is not enabled.</entry>
- <entry>1</entry>
+ <entry>> 0</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
<listitem>
<para>Checks whether the system is operational. This
- returns success when the system is fully up and running,
- meaning not in startup, shutdown or maintenance
- mode. Failure is returned otherwise. In addition, the
+ returns success (exit code 0) when the system is fully up
+ and running, specifically not in startup, shutdown or
+ maintenance mode, and with no failed services. Failure is
+ returned otherwise (exit code non-zero). In addition, the
current state is printed in a short string to standard
output, see table below. Use <option>--quiet</option> to
suppress this output.</para>
<table>
- <title>Manager Operational States</title>
- <tgroup cols='2'>
- <colspec colname='name' />
- <colspec colname='description' />
+ <title><command>is-system-running</command> output</title>
+ <tgroup cols='3'>
+ <colspec colname='name'/>
+ <colspec colname='description'/>
+ <colspec colname='exit-code'/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Exit Code</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<filename>basic.target</filename> is reached
or the <varname>maintenance</varname> state entered.
</para></entry>
+ <entry>> 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><varname>starting</varname></entry>
<entry><para>Late bootup, before the job queue
becomes idle for the first time, or one of the
rescue targets are reached.</para></entry>
+ <entry>> 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><varname>running</varname></entry>
<entry><para>The system is fully
operational.</para></entry>
+ <entry>0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><varname>degraded</varname></entry>
<entry><para>The system is operational but one or more
units failed.</para></entry>
+ <entry>> 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><varname>maintenance</varname></entry>
<entry><para>The rescue or emergency target is
active.</para></entry>
+ <entry>> 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><varname>stopping</varname></entry>
<entry><para>The manager is shutting
down.</para></entry>
+ <entry>> 0</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><varname>offline</varname></entry>
+ <entry><para>The manager is not
+ running. Specifically, this is the operational
+ state if an incompatible program is running as
+ system manager (PID 1).</para></entry>
+ <entry>> 0</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><varname>unknown</varname></entry>
+ <entry><para>The operational state could not be
+ determined, due to lack of resources or another
+ error cause.</para></entry>
+ <entry>> 0</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>exit</command></term>
+ <term><command>exit <optional><replaceable>EXIT_CODE</replaceable></optional></command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Ask the systemd manager to quit. This is only
supported for user service managers (i.e. in conjunction
- with the <option>--user</option> option) and will fail
- otherwise.</para>
+ with the <option>--user</option> option) or in containers
+ and is equivalent to <command>poweroff</command> otherwise.</para>
+
+ <para>The systemd manager can exit with a non-zero exit
+ code if the optional argument
+ <replaceable>EXIT_CODE</replaceable> is given.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>