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@@ -38,10 +38,31 @@ same search paths (for service description files) as \fBdinit\fR.
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Specifies \fIdir\fP as the directory containing service description files (can
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be given multiple times to specify multiple service directories).
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Default directories are not searched for services when this option is provided.
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-.sp
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-If not specified, the default for the user instance is \fI$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dinit.d\fR
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-and \fI$HOME/.config/dinit.d\fR or, for the system instance, each of \fI/etc/dinit.d\fR,
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-\fI/run/dinit.d/\fR, \fI/usr/local/lib/dinit.d\fR, and \fI/lib/dinit.d\fR (searched in that order).
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+See \fBdinit\fR(8) for defaults.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-online\fR
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+Operate in "online" mode; contact a running instance of \fBdinit\fR to obtain the service directories
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+and environment variables (used for substitution in service setting values).
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+The \fB\-\-services\-dir\fR (\fB\-d\fR) and \fB\-\-env\-file\fR (\fB\-e\fR) options will be ignored.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-system\fR
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+Use defaults for a system instance. This affects default service directories, environment file, and
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+(when in online mode) control socket path. It is the default when run as the root user.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user\fR
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+Use defaults for a user instance. This affects default service directories, environment file, and
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+(when in online mode) control socket path. It is the default when not run as the root user.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-socket\-path\fR \fIsocket-path\fR, \fB\-p\fR \fIsocket-path\fR
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+Specify the path to the socket used for communicating with the service manager daemon.
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+When not specified, the value from the \fBDINIT_SOCKET_PATH\fR environment variable is used, with
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+the default path (as documented for \fBdinit\fR(8)) used if the variable is unset.
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+This option is ignored unless \fB\-\-online\fR (\fB\-n\fR) is also specified.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-e\fR \fIfile\fP, \fB\-\-env\-file\fR \fIfile\fP
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+Read supplementary environment from \fIfile\fR, which should be in the format used by \fBdinit\fR(8).
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+If not specified, the default is as for \fBdinit\fR(8).
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+This setting is not used when \fB\-\-online\fR (\fB\-n\fR) is specified.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-help\fR
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Display brief help text and then exit.
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@@ -58,7 +79,9 @@ For service properties that are subject to environment variable substitution, in
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\fBsocket\-listen\fR, \fBlogfile\fR, \fBenv\-file\fR, \fBworking\-dir\fR and \fBpid\-file\fR, the
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substitution may have a different result when performed by \fBdinitcheck\fR than when performed by
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\fBdinit\fR if the two processes have a different environment.
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-For this reason \fBdinitcheck\fR will issue a warning whenever substitution is used.
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+For this reason \fBdinitcheck\fR will issue a warning whenever substitution is used, unless run in
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+"online" mode (\fB\-\-online\fR or \fB\-n\fR), in which case environment variable values are obtained
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+from the running instance of \fBdinit\fR.
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.\"
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.\"
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Davin McCall