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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2026-05-12 21:10:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2026-05-12 21:10:35 +0000 |
| commit | 4091a9f04b12aed9533b1c5c77f7bf79787a9fb4 (patch) | |
| tree | cd1f14a7a72cad35c6d8a5867579e2afd4684066 | |
| parent | 9f8a0daa7aebd3d3673e26949b44864e4b3a450d (diff) | |
| download | s6-frontend-4091a9f04b12aed9533b1c5c77f7bf79787a9fb4.tar.gz | |
Document s6 -u
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/s6.html b/doc/s6.html index a1f348f..bfa771f 100644 --- a/doc/s6.html +++ b/doc/s6.html @@ -85,49 +85,56 @@ reason, here you go. </p> <dl> - <dt> -h, --help </dt> + <dt> <tt>-h</tt>, <tt>--help</tt> </dt> <dd> Run the <a href="#help"><tt>s6 help</tt></a> command. Any given command or subcommand is ignored. </dd> - <dt> -s <em>scandir</em>, --scandir=<em>scandir</em> </dt> + <dt> <tt>-s <em>scandir</em></tt>, <tt>--scandir=<em>scandir</em></tt> </dt> <dd> Use <em>scandir</em> as scan directory (i.e. the directory where <a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-svscan.html">s6-svscan</a> runs and supervises service directories). </dd> - <dt> -l <em>livedir</em>, --livedir=<em>livedir</em> </dt> + <dt> <tt>-l <em>livedir</em></tt>, <tt>--livedir=<em>livedir</em></tt> </dt> <dd> Use <em>livedir</em> as live directory (i.e. the directory where <a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/s6-rc.html">s6-rc</a> keeps tabs on the machine state and stores its runtime information). </dd> - <dt> -r <em>repodir</em>, --repodir=<em>repodir</em> </dt> + <dt> <tt>-r <em>repodir</em></tt>, <tt>--repodir=<em>repodir</em></tt> </dt> <dd> Use <em>repodir</em> as s6-rc repository (i.e. the directory where the <a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/repodefs.html">repo</a> commands of the <a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/">s6-rc</a> package store and manipulate their service sets). </dd> - <dt> -c <em>bootdb</em>, --bootdb=<em>bootdb</em> </dt> + <dt> <tt>-c <em>bootdb</em></tt>, <tt>--bootdb=<em>bootdb</em></tt> </dt> <dd> Use <em>bootdb</em> as the name of the compiled service database used by s6-rc at boot time (i.e. the directory where <a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/s6-rc.html">s6-rc</a> reads information on how to start all the wanted services). </dd> - <dt> --stmpdir=<em>stmpdir</em> </dt> + <dt> <tt>--stmpdir=<em>stmpdir</em></tt> </dt> <dd> Use <em>stmpdir</em> to store runtime s6-frontend data and temporary files. </dd> - <dt> --storelist=<em>storelist</em> </dt> + <dt> <tt>--storelist=<em>storelist</em></tt> </dt> <dd> Use <em>storelist</em> as list of <a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/repodefs.html#store">stores</a>. </dd> - <dt> -v <em>verbosity</em>, --verbosity=<em>verbosity</em> </dt> + <dt> <tt>-v <em>verbosity</em></tt>, <tt>--verbosity=<em>verbosity</em></tt> </dt> <dd> Use <em>verbosity</em> as numerical verbosity value. </dd> - <dt> --color=yes|no|auto </dt> + <dt> <tt>--color=yes|no|auto</tt> </dt> <dd> Use fancy output (which may or may not involve color): always if <tt>yes</tt>, never if <tt>no</tt>, and only when stdout is a terminal if <tt>auto</tt>. Not all commands and subcommands will use this setting. Also, for pretty-printing of columns, it is recommended to have built s6-frontend with util-linux support. </dd> + + <dt> <tt>-u</tt>, <tt>--user</tt> </dt> + <dd> Override the variables defined in the configuration file with values +built from XDG environment variables. This option only works if the XDG +environment variables are present in the environment. This option is +useful to address user services. You can see what values are used by +running <tt>s6 -u version export</tt>. </dd> </dl> |
