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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index e8c8bb9616..38090cb9a3 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -37720,9 +37720,15 @@ specifications,, mcron, GNU@tie{}mcron}). @end deftp @node Shepherd Home Service -@subsection Managing User's Daemons - -@cindex shepherd services +@subsection Managing User Daemons + +@cindex shepherd services, for users +The @code{(gnu home services shepherd)} module supports the definitions +of per-user Shepherd services (@pxref{Introduction,,, shepherd, The GNU +Shepherd Manual}). You extend @code{home-shepherd-service-type} with +new services; Guix Home then takes care of starting the @code{shepherd} +daemon for you when you log in, which in turns starts the services you +asked for. @defvr {Scheme Variable} home-shepherd-service-type The service type for the userland Shepherd, which allows one to manage @@ -37809,7 +37815,7 @@ relevance: 1 @dots{} @end example -As for @command{guix package --search}, the result is written in +As for @command{guix search}, the result is written in @code{recutils} format, which makes it easy to filter the output (@pxref{Top, GNU recutils databases,, recutils, GNU recutils manual}). @@ -37819,7 +37825,7 @@ Switching means that the activation script will be evaluated and (in basic scenario) symlinks to configuration files generated from @code{home-environment} declaration will be created in @file{~}. If the file with the same path already exists in home folder it will be moved -to @file{~/TIMESTAMP-guix-home-legacy-configs-backup}, where TIMESTAMP +to @file{~/@var{timestamp}-guix-home-legacy-configs-backup}, where @var{timestamp} is a current UNIX epoch time. @quotation Note @@ -37832,7 +37838,7 @@ This effects all the configuration specified in @var{file}. The command starts Shepherd services specified in @var{file} that are not currently running; if a service is currently running, this command will arrange for it to be upgraded the next time it is stopped (e.g.@: by @code{herd -stop X} or @code{herd restart X}). +stop @var{service}} or @code{herd restart @var{service}}). This command creates a new generation whose number is one greater than the current generation (as reported by @command{guix home |