On Mo, 13.05.19 08:08, Ulrich Windl (ulrich.wi...@rz.uni-regensburg.de) wrote:
> > Typically, when you see "not-found" as "Loaded" value, you'll also see
> > "No such file or directory" as "Reason" value, but there are some
> > other cases, since units are not always synthesized from unit files on
> > disk, but from other concepts too.
> >
>
> Thanks for the explanation; it's more clear now. However I'd prefer a message
> like "Loaded: iotwatch.target could not be found", so
> * name what is missing, and
> * use an "errno message" only for specific system calls (not to summarize
> several)
The name of the unit missing is shown in the same output a tiny bit
further up, we try to repeat ourselves too often. "systemctl status"
is supposed to compress a lot of information into little space.
Note that these "errno" error strings are generally how things are
done on UNIX. For example, if you use plain "rm" to remove a missing
file, or "cat" to cat it you get the same error strings:
$ rm
rm: cannot remove '': No such file or directory
$ cat
cat: : No such file or directory
UNIX admins typically recognize the "No such file or directory" phrase
and know what it means. I mean, UNIX is sometimes a bit cryptic, but
it is how it is...
Lennart
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Lennart Poettering, Berlin
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