Changeset ac8c7d4 for general/sysutils/pciutils.xml

Timestamp:

10/22/2017 08:57:13 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

DJ Lucas <dj@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, lazarus, perl-modules, qt5new, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/test-20220226

Children:

df9499b

Parents:

ad4043e2

Message:

Use timers in systemd where appropriate, not crontab.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@19359 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• general/sysutils/pciutils.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

general/sysutils/pciutils.xml

@@ -135 +135 @@
     </para>
 
-    <para>
+    <para revision="sysv">
       You may wish to add an entry to
       <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>'s (or any other user who has
@@ -142 +142 @@
       periodically.
     </para>
+
+    <para revision="systemd">
+      You should update the <filename>/usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids</filename> file
+      periodically. Execute the following commands, as the
+      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, to create a systemd
+      timer to update it weekly on Sundays at 3:00 A.M. (local time):
+    </para>
+
+<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>cat &gt; /lib/systemd/system/update-pciids.service &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
+<literal>[Unit]
+Description=Update pci.ids file
+Documentation=man:update-pciids(8)
+DefaultDependencies=no
+After=local-fs.target
+Before=shutdown.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/update-pciids</literal>
+EOF
+cat &gt; /lib/systemd/system/update-pciids.timer &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
+<literal>[Unit]
+Description=Update pci.ids file weekly
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=Sun 02:30:00
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target</literal>
+EOF
+systemctl enable update-usbids.timer</userinput></screen>
+
 
   </sect2>