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25 <refentry id="systemd.scope">
26 <refentryinfo>
27 <title>systemd.scope</title>
28 <productname>systemd</productname>
29
30 <authorgroup>
31 <author>
32 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34 <surname>Poettering</surname>
35 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
36 </author>
37 </authorgroup>
38 </refentryinfo>
39
40 <refmeta>
41 <refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle>
42 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
43 </refmeta>
44
45 <refnamediv>
46 <refname>systemd.scope</refname>
47 <refpurpose>Scope unit configuration</refpurpose>
48 </refnamediv>
49
50 <refsynopsisdiv>
51 <para><filename><replaceable>scope</replaceable>.scope</filename></para>
52 </refsynopsisdiv>
53
54 <refsect1>
55 <title>Description</title>
56
57 <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
58 <literal>.scope</literal> encodes information about a unit created
59 by systemd to encapsulate processes launched not by systemd
60 itself. This management is performed by creating a node in the
61 control group tree. Processes are moved into the scope by means
62 of the DBus API.
63 <command>systemd-run <option>--scope</option></command> can be
64 used to easily launch a command in a new scope unit.</para>
65
66 <para>See
67 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
68 for the common options of all unit configuration
69 files. The common configuration items are configured
70 in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. The
71 scope specific configuration options are configured in
72 the [Scope] section. Currently, only generic cgroup settings
73 as described in
74 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.cgroup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> are allowed.
75 </para>
76
77 <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=false</varname>
78 is used, scope units will implicitly have dependencies of
79 type <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
80 <varname>Before=</varname> on
81 <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure
82 that scope units are removed prior to system
83 shutdown. Only scope units involved with early boot or
84 late system shutdown should disable this option.
85 </para>
86 </refsect1>
87
88 <refsect1>
89 <title>See Also</title>
90 <para>
91 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
92 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
93 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
94 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.cgroup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
95 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
96 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
97 </para>
98 </refsect1>
99
100 </refentry>