diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml index 90aa2a44170..ac00d2aec26 100644 --- a/man/systemd.timer.xml +++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml @@ -105,16 +105,42 @@ OnUnitInactiveSec= Defines monotonic timers relative to different - starting points: OnActiveSec= defines a - timer relative to the moment the timer itself is activated. - OnBootSec= defines a timer relative to when - the machine was booted up. OnStartupSec= - defines a timer relative to when systemd was first started. - OnUnitActiveSec= defines a timer relative - to when the unit the timer is activating was last activated. - OnUnitInactiveSec= defines a timer relative - to when the unit the timer is activating was last - deactivated. + starting points: + + + Settings and their starting points + + + + + Setting + Meaning + + + + + OnActiveSec= + Defines a timer relative to the moment the timer unit itself is activated. + + + OnBootSec= + Defines a timer relative to when the machine was booted up. + + + OnStartupSec= + Defines a timer relative to when the service manager was first started. For system timer units this is very similar to OnBootSec= as the system service manager is generally started very early at boot. It's primarily useful when configured in units running in the per-user service manager, as the user service manager is generally started on first login only, not already during boot. + + + OnUnitActiveSec= + Defines a timer relative to when the unit the timer unit is activating was last activated. + + + OnUnitInactiveSec= + Defines a timer relative to when the unit the timer unit is activating was last deactivated. + + + +
Multiple directives may be combined of the same and of different types. For example, by combining