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diff --git a/doc/s6-svlink.html b/doc/s6-svlink.html index 7682e37..c1b9e94 100644 --- a/doc/s6-svlink.html +++ b/doc/s6-svlink.html @@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ supervisors one at a time, can be used instead. </li> <li> If <em>servicedir</em> is logged, i.e. <em>servicedir</em><tt>/log</tt> is also a valid service directory, then <tt>s6-svlink</tt> will wait until supervisors have been spawned for both the service and its logger. </li> + <li> <tt>s6-svlink</tt> sends a <a href="s6-svscanctl.html">s6-svscanctl -a</a> +command to <em>scandir</em>, which means that the system's view of services +will be refreshed. Depending on what links exist in <em>scandir</em>, other +services than <em>servicedir</em> may also appear. </li> <li> The symmetrical program to <tt>s6-svlink</tt> is named <a href="s6-svunlink.html">s6-svunlink</a>. </li> </ul> diff --git a/doc/s6-svunlink.html b/doc/s6-svunlink.html index f3642be..371f5bd 100644 --- a/doc/s6-svunlink.html +++ b/doc/s6-svunlink.html @@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ situations that are nominal failures. For instance, it returns 0 even if its timeout expires; the rationale is that there is no sensible action for the user to do if this error is reported. <tt>s6-svunlink</tt> only reports errors when they uncover a deeper problem in the system. </li> + <li> <tt>s6-svunlink</tt> sends a <a href="s6-svscanctl.html">s6-svscanctl -an</a> +command to <em>scandir</em>, which means that the system's view of services +will be refreshed and inactive services will be killed and unsupervised. +Depending on what links exist in <em>scandir</em>, new +services may appear, and other services than <em>name</em> may disappear. </li> </ul> </body> |