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1 | <?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> |
| 2 | <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" | |
| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> | |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | <!-- | |
| 6 | This file is part of systemd. | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering | |
| 9 | ||
| 10 | systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | |
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11 | under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by |
| 12 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or | |
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13 | (at your option) any later version. |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but | |
| 16 | WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
| 17 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU | |
| 5430f7f2 | 18 | Lesser General Public License for more details. |
| 7874bcd6 | 19 | |
| 5430f7f2 | 20 | You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License |
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21 | along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. |
| 22 | --> | |
| 23 | ||
| ee5762e3 | 24 | <refentry id="systemctl"> |
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25 | |
| 26 | <refentryinfo> | |
| 27 | <title>systemctl</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>systemctl</refentrytitle> | |
| 42 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> | |
| 43 | </refmeta> | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | <refnamediv> | |
| 46 | <refname>systemctl</refname> | |
| af2d49f7 | 47 | <refpurpose>Control the systemd system and service manager</refpurpose> |
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48 | </refnamediv> |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
| 51 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
| 52 | <command>systemctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg></command> | |
| 53 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
| 54 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
| 55 | ||
| 56 | <refsect1> | |
| 57 | <title>Description</title> | |
| 58 | ||
| 59 | <para><command>systemctl</command> may be used to | |
| 60 | introspect and control the state of the | |
| 61 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
| af2d49f7 | 62 | system and service manager.</para> |
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63 | </refsect1> |
| 64 | ||
| 65 | <refsect1> | |
| 66 | <title>Options</title> | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | <para>The following options are understood:</para> | |
| 69 | ||
| 70 | <variablelist> | |
| 71 | <varlistentry> | |
| 72 | <term><option>--help</option></term> | |
| 7594fb25 | 73 | <term><option>-h</option></term> |
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74 | |
| 75 | <listitem><para>Prints a short help | |
| 76 | text and exits.</para></listitem> | |
| 77 | </varlistentry> | |
| 78 | ||
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79 | <varlistentry> |
| 80 | <term><option>--version</option></term> | |
| 81 | ||
| 82 | <listitem><para>Prints a short version | |
| 83 | string and exits.</para></listitem> | |
| 84 | </varlistentry> | |
| 85 | ||
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86 | <varlistentry> |
| 87 | <term><option>--type=</option></term> | |
| 7594fb25 | 88 | <term><option>-t</option></term> |
| 7874bcd6 | 89 | |
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90 | <listitem><para>The argument should |
| 91 | be a unit type name such as | |
| 92 | <option>service</option> and | |
| 93 | <option>socket</option>, | |
| 94 | or a unit load state such as | |
| 95 | <option>loaded</option> and | |
| 96 | <option>masked</option>. | |
| 97 | </para> | |
| 98 | ||
| 99 | <para>If the argument is a unit type, | |
| 100 | when listing units, limit display to | |
| 101 | certain unit types. If not specified | |
| 102 | units of all types will be shown.</para> | |
| 103 | ||
| 104 | <para>If the argument is a unit load state, | |
| 105 | when listing units, limit display to | |
| 106 | certain unit types. If not specified | |
| 107 | units of in all load states will be | |
| 108 | shown.</para> | |
| 109 | </listitem> | |
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110 | </varlistentry> |
| 111 | ||
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112 | <varlistentry> |
| 113 | <term><option>--property=</option></term> | |
| 114 | <term><option>-p</option></term> | |
| 115 | ||
| 116 | <listitem><para>When showing | |
| a61933ad | 117 | unit/job/manager properties, limit |
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118 | display to certain properties as |
| 119 | specified as argument. If not | |
| 120 | specified all set properties are | |
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121 | shown. The argument should be a |
| 122 | property name, such as | |
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123 | <literal>MainPID</literal>. If |
| 124 | specified more than once all | |
| 125 | properties with the specified names | |
| 126 | are shown.</para></listitem> | |
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127 | </varlistentry> |
| 128 | ||
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129 | <varlistentry> |
| 130 | <term><option>--all</option></term> | |
| 7594fb25 | 131 | <term><option>-a</option></term> |
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132 | |
| 133 | <listitem><para>When listing units, | |
| 134 | show all units, regardless of their | |
| 393a2f9b | 135 | state, including inactive units. When |
| a61933ad | 136 | showing unit/job/manager properties, |
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137 | show all properties regardless whether |
| 138 | they are set or not.</para></listitem> | |
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139 | </varlistentry> |
| 140 | ||
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141 | <varlistentry> |
| 142 | <term><option>--failed</option></term> | |
| 143 | ||
| 144 | <listitem><para>When listing units, | |
| 145 | show only failed units. Do not confuse | |
| 146 | with | |
| 147 | <option>--fail</option>.</para></listitem> | |
| 148 | </varlistentry> | |
| 149 | ||
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150 | <varlistentry> |
| 151 | <term><option>--full</option></term> | |
| 152 | ||
| 153 | <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize unit | |
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154 | names and truncate unit descriptions |
| 155 | in the output of | |
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156 | <command>list-units</command> and |
| 157 | <command>list-jobs</command>.</para></listitem> | |
| 158 | </varlistentry> | |
| 159 | ||
| 7874bcd6 | 160 | <varlistentry> |
| 90d473a1 | 161 | <term><option>--fail</option></term> |
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162 | |
| 163 | <listitem><para>If the requested | |
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164 | operation conflicts with a pending |
| 165 | unfinished job, fail the command. If | |
| 166 | this is not specified the requested | |
| 167 | operation will replace the pending job, | |
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168 | if necessary. Do not confuse |
| 169 | with | |
| 170 | <option>--failed</option>.</para></listitem> | |
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171 | </varlistentry> |
| 172 | ||
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173 | <varlistentry> |
| 174 | <term><option>--ignore-dependencies</option></term> | |
| 175 | ||
| 176 | <listitem><para>When enqueuing a new | |
| 177 | job ignore all its dependencies and | |
| 178 | execute it immediately. If passed no | |
| 179 | required units of the unit passed will | |
| 180 | be pulled in, and no ordering | |
| 181 | dependencies will be honoured. This is | |
| 182 | mostly a debugging and rescue tool for | |
| 183 | the administrator and should not be | |
| 184 | used by | |
| 185 | applications.</para></listitem> | |
| 186 | </varlistentry> | |
| 187 | ||
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188 | <varlistentry> |
| 189 | <term><option>--quiet</option></term> | |
| 190 | <term><option>-q</option></term> | |
| 191 | ||
| 192 | <listitem><para>Suppress output to | |
| 193 | STDOUT in | |
| 194 | <command>snapshot</command>, | |
| 3d428115 | 195 | <command>is-active</command>, |
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196 | <command>enable</command> and |
| 197 | <command>disable</command>.</para></listitem> | |
| 198 | </varlistentry> | |
| 199 | ||
| 200 | <varlistentry> | |
| 201 | <term><option>--no-block</option></term> | |
| 202 | ||
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203 | <listitem><para>Do not synchronously wait for |
| 204 | the requested operation to finish. If this is | |
| 205 | not specified the job will be verified, | |
| 206 | enqueued and <command>systemctl</command> will | |
| 207 | wait until it is completed. By passing this | |
| 208 | argument it is only verified and | |
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209 | enqueued.</para></listitem> |
| 210 | </varlistentry> | |
| ee5762e3 | 211 | |
| 0736af98 | 212 | <varlistentry> |
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213 | <term><option>--no-legend</option></term> |
| 214 | ||
| 0e25e94e | 215 | <listitem><para>Do not print a legend, i.e. |
| ebed32bf | 216 | the column headers and the footer with hints. |
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217 | </para></listitem> |
| 218 | </varlistentry> | |
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219 | |
| 220 | <varlistentry> | |
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221 | <term><option>--no-pager</option></term> |
| 222 | ||
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223 | <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a |
| 224 | pager.</para></listitem> | |
| 225 | </varlistentry> | |
| 0736af98 | 226 | |
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227 | <varlistentry> |
| 228 | <term><option>--system</option></term> | |
| 229 | ||
| 230 | <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd | |
| 231 | system manager. (Default)</para></listitem> | |
| 232 | </varlistentry> | |
| 233 | ||
| 234 | <varlistentry> | |
| af2d49f7 | 235 | <term><option>--user</option></term> |
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236 | |
| 237 | <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd | |
| af2d49f7 | 238 | manager of the calling user.</para></listitem> |
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239 | </varlistentry> |
| 240 | ||
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241 | <varlistentry> |
| 242 | <term><option>--order</option></term> | |
| 243 | <term><option>--require</option></term> | |
| 244 | ||
| 245 | <listitem><para>When used in | |
| 246 | conjunction with the | |
| 247 | <command>dot</command> command (see | |
| 248 | below), selects which dependencies are | |
| 249 | shown in the dependency graph. If | |
| 250 | <option>--order</option> is passed | |
| 251 | only dependencies of type | |
| 252 | <varname>After=</varname> or | |
| 253 | <varname>Before=</varname> are | |
| 254 | shown. If <option>--require</option> | |
| 255 | is passed only dependencies of type | |
| 256 | <varname>Requires=</varname>, | |
| 257 | <varname>RequiresOverridable=</varname>, | |
| 258 | <varname>Requisite=</varname>, | |
| 259 | <varname>RequisiteOverridable=</varname>, | |
| 260 | <varname>Wants=</varname> and | |
| 261 | <varname>Conflicts=</varname> are | |
| 262 | shown. If neither is passed, shows | |
| 263 | dependencies of all these | |
| 264 | types.</para></listitem> | |
| 265 | </varlistentry> | |
| 266 | ||
| 7874bcd6 | 267 | <varlistentry> |
| ee5762e3 | 268 | <term><option>--no-wall</option></term> |
| 7874bcd6 | 269 | |
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270 | <listitem><para>Don't send wall |
| 271 | message before | |
| 272 | halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem> | |
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273 | </varlistentry> |
| 274 | ||
| 275 | <varlistentry> | |
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276 | <term><option>--global</option></term> |
| 277 | ||
| 278 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
| 279 | <command>enable</command> and | |
| 280 | <command>disable</command>, operate on the | |
| 3d428115 | 281 | global user configuration |
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282 | directory, thus enabling or disabling |
| 283 | a unit file globally for all future | |
| af2d49f7 | 284 | logins of all users.</para></listitem> |
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285 | </varlistentry> |
| 286 | ||
| 287 | <varlistentry> | |
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288 | <term><option>--no-reload</option></term> |
| 289 | ||
| 290 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
| 291 | <command>enable</command> and | |
| 292 | <command>disable</command>, do not | |
| 293 | implicitly reload daemon configuration | |
| 294 | after executing the | |
| 295 | changes.</para></listitem> | |
| 296 | </varlistentry> | |
| 7594fb25 | 297 | |
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298 | <varlistentry> |
| 299 | <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term> | |
| 300 | ||
| 301 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
| 302 | <command>start</command> and related | |
| 303 | commands, disables asking for | |
| 304 | passwords. Background services may | |
| 305 | require input of a password or | |
| 306 | passphrase string, for example to | |
| 307 | unlock system hard disks or | |
| 308 | cryptographic certificates. Unless | |
| 309 | this option is specified and the | |
| 310 | command is invoked from a terminal | |
| 311 | <command>systemctl</command> will | |
| 312 | query the user on the terminal for the | |
| 313 | necessary secrets. Use this option to | |
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314 | switch this behavior off. In this case |
| 315 | the password must be supplied by some | |
| 316 | other means (for example graphical | |
| 317 | password agents) or the service might | |
| 318 | fail. This also disables querying the | |
| 319 | user for authentication for privileged | |
| 320 | operations.</para></listitem> | |
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321 | </varlistentry> |
| 322 | ||
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323 | <varlistentry> |
| 324 | <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term> | |
| 325 | ||
| 326 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
| 327 | <command>kill</command>, choose which | |
| 328 | processes to kill. Must be one of | |
| 329 | <option>main</option>, | |
| 330 | <option>control</option> or | |
| 331 | <option>all</option> to select whether | |
| 332 | to kill only the main process of the | |
| 333 | unit, the control process or all | |
| 3d428115 | 334 | processes of the unit. If omitted |
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335 | defaults to |
| 336 | <option>all</option>.</para></listitem> | |
| 337 | </varlistentry> | |
| 338 | ||
| 339 | <varlistentry> | |
| 3d428115 | 340 | <term><option>--signal=</option></term> |
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341 | <term><option>-s</option></term> |
| 342 | ||
| 343 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
| 344 | <command>kill</command>, choose which | |
| 345 | signal to send to selected | |
| 346 | processes. Must be one of the well | |
| 3d428115 | 347 | known signal specifiers such as |
| 8a0867d6 | 348 | SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGSTOP. If |
| 3d428115 | 349 | omitted defaults to |
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350 | <option>SIGTERM</option>.</para></listitem> |
| 351 | </varlistentry> | |
| 352 | ||
| 7594fb25 | 353 | <varlistentry> |
| ee5762e3 | 354 | <term><option>--force</option></term> |
| 6f352544 | 355 | <term><option>-f</option></term> |
| 7874bcd6 | 356 | |
| ee5762e3 | 357 | <listitem><para>When used with |
| 7cf55dd0 | 358 | <command>enable</command>, overwrite any |
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359 | existing conflicting |
| 360 | symlinks.</para></listitem> | |
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361 | |
| 362 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
| 363 | <command>halt</command>, | |
| 364 | <command>poweroff</command>, | |
| 365 | <command>reboot</command> or | |
| e606bb61 | 366 | <command>kexec</command> execute the |
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367 | selected operation without shutting |
| 368 | down all units. However, all processes | |
| 369 | will be killed forcibly and all file | |
| 370 | systems are unmounted or remounted | |
| 371 | read-only. This is hence a drastic but | |
| 372 | relatively safe option to request an | |
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373 | immediate reboot. If |
| 374 | <option>--force</option> is specified | |
| 375 | twice for these operations, they will | |
| 376 | be executed immediately without | |
| 377 | terminating any processes or umounting | |
| 378 | any file systems. Warning: specifying | |
| 379 | <option>--force</option> twice with | |
| 380 | any of these operations might result | |
| 381 | in data loss.</para></listitem> | |
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382 | </varlistentry> |
| 383 | ||
| 384 | <varlistentry> | |
| 729e3769 | 385 | <term><option>--root=</option></term> |
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386 | |
| 387 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
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388 | <command>enable</command>/<command>disable</command>/<command>is-enabled</command> (and |
| 389 | related commands), use alternative | |
| 390 | root path when looking for unit | |
| 391 | files.</para></listitem> | |
| 7874bcd6 | 392 | </varlistentry> |
| a8f11321 | 393 | |
| be394c48 | 394 | <varlistentry> |
| 729e3769 | 395 | <term><option>--runtime</option></term> |
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396 | |
| 397 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
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398 | <command>enable</command>/<command>disable</command>/<command>is-enabled</command> (and related commands), make |
| 399 | changes only temporarily, so that they | |
| 400 | are dropped on the next reboot. This | |
| 401 | will have the effect that changes are | |
| 402 | not made in subdirectories of | |
| 403 | <filename>/etc</filename> but in | |
| 404 | <filename>/run</filename>, with | |
| 405 | identical immediate effects, however, | |
| 406 | since the latter is lost on reboot, | |
| 407 | the changes are lost | |
| 408 | too.</para></listitem> | |
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409 | </varlistentry> |
| 410 | ||
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411 | <varlistentry> |
| 412 | <term><option>-H</option></term> | |
| 413 | <term><option>--host</option></term> | |
| 414 | ||
| 415 | <listitem><para>Execute operation | |
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416 | remotely. Specify a hostname, or |
| 417 | username and hostname separated by @, | |
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418 | to connect to. This will use SSH to |
| 419 | talk to the remote systemd | |
| 420 | instance.</para></listitem> | |
| 421 | </varlistentry> | |
| 422 | ||
| 423 | <varlistentry> | |
| 424 | <term><option>-P</option></term> | |
| 425 | <term><option>--privileged</option></term> | |
| 426 | ||
| 427 | <listitem><para>Acquire privileges via | |
| 428 | PolicyKit before executing the | |
| 429 | operation.</para></listitem> | |
| 430 | </varlistentry> | |
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431 | |
| 432 | <varlistentry> | |
| 433 | <term><option>--lines=</option></term> | |
| 434 | <term><option>-n</option></term> | |
| 435 | ||
| 436 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
| 437 | <command>status</command> controls the | |
| 438 | number of journal lines to show, | |
| 439 | counting from the most recent | |
| 440 | ones. Takes a positive integer | |
| 441 | argument. Defaults to | |
| 442 | 10.</para></listitem> | |
| 443 | </varlistentry> | |
| 444 | ||
| 445 | <varlistentry> | |
| 446 | <term><option>--follow</option></term> | |
| 568b679f | 447 | <term><option>-f</option></term> |
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448 | |
| 449 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
| 49f43d5f | 450 | <command>status</command> continuously |
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451 | prints new journal entries as they are |
| 452 | appended to the | |
| 453 | journal.</para></listitem> | |
| 454 | </varlistentry> | |
| 455 | ||
| 456 | <varlistentry> | |
| 457 | <term><option>--output=</option></term> | |
| 458 | <term><option>-o</option></term> | |
| 459 | ||
| 460 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
| 461 | <command>status</command> controls the | |
| 462 | formatting of the journal entries that | |
| 463 | are shown. For the available choices | |
| 464 | see | |
| 169c4f65 | 465 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Defaults |
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466 | to |
| 467 | <literal>short</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 468 | </varlistentry> | |
| 469 | ||
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470 | </variablelist> |
| 471 | ||
| 472 | <para>The following commands are understood:</para> | |
| 473 | ||
| 474 | <variablelist> | |
| 475 | <varlistentry> | |
| 476 | <term><command>list-units</command></term> | |
| 477 | ||
| 478 | <listitem><para>List known units.</para></listitem> | |
| 479 | </varlistentry> | |
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480 | <varlistentry> |
| 481 | <term><command>start [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 482 | ||
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483 | <listitem><para>Start (activate) one |
| 484 | or more units specified on the command | |
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485 | line.</para></listitem> |
| 486 | </varlistentry> | |
| 487 | <varlistentry> | |
| 488 | <term><command>stop [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 489 | ||
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490 | <listitem><para>Stop (deactivate) one |
| 491 | or more units specified on the command | |
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492 | line.</para></listitem> |
| 493 | </varlistentry> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
494 | <varlistentry> |
| 495 | <term><command>reload [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 496 | ||
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497 | <listitem><para>Asks all units listed |
| 498 | on the command line to reload their | |
| 7874bcd6 | 499 | configuration. Note that this will |
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500 | reload the service-specific |
| 501 | configuration, not the unit | |
| 502 | configuration file of systemd. If you | |
| 503 | want systemd to reload the | |
| 504 | configuration file of a unit use the | |
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505 | <command>daemon-reload</command> |
| 506 | command. In other words: for the | |
| 507 | example case of Apache, this will | |
| 508 | reload Apache's | |
| 509 | <filename>httpd.conf</filename> in the | |
| 510 | web server, not the | |
| 511 | <filename>apache.service</filename> | |
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512 | systemd unit file. </para> |
| 513 | ||
| 514 | <para>This command should not be | |
| 515 | confused with the | |
| 516 | <command>daemon-reload</command> or | |
| 517 | <command>load</command> | |
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518 | commands.</para></listitem> |
| 519 | ||
| 520 | </varlistentry> | |
| 521 | <varlistentry> | |
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522 | <term><command>restart [NAME...]</command></term> |
| 523 | ||
| 524 | <listitem><para>Restart one or more | |
| 525 | units specified on the command | |
| 526 | line. If the units are not running yet | |
| 527 | they will be | |
| 528 | started.</para></listitem> | |
| 529 | </varlistentry> | |
| 530 | <varlistentry> | |
| 531 | <term><command>try-restart [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 532 | ||
| 533 | <listitem><para>Restart one or more | |
| 534 | units specified on the command | |
| f1f8cfd0 AB |
535 | line if the units are running. Do |
| 536 | nothing if units are not running. | |
| 537 | Note that for compatibility | |
| 9bee76ee RB |
538 | with Red Hat init scripts |
| 539 | <command>condrestart</command> is | |
| 540 | equivalent to this command.</para></listitem> | |
| 6f28c033 LP |
541 | </varlistentry> |
| 542 | <varlistentry> | |
| 543 | <term><command>reload-or-restart [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 9bee76ee RB |
544 | |
| 545 | <listitem><para>Reload one or more | |
| 546 | units if they support it. If not, | |
| 547 | restart them instead. If the units | |
| 548 | are not running yet they will be | |
| 549 | started.</para></listitem> | |
| 550 | </varlistentry> | |
| 551 | <varlistentry> | |
| 6f28c033 LP |
552 | <term><command>reload-or-try-restart [NAME...]</command></term> |
| 553 | ||
| 554 | <listitem><para>Reload one or more | |
| ee5762e3 | 555 | units if they support it. If not, |
| 100fd567 LP |
556 | restart them instead. Do nothing if |
| 557 | the units are not running. Note that | |
| 558 | for compatibility with SysV init | |
| 559 | scripts | |
| 9bee76ee | 560 | <command>force-reload</command> is |
| 100fd567 LP |
561 | equivalent to this |
| 562 | command.</para></listitem> | |
| 6f28c033 LP |
563 | </varlistentry> |
| 564 | <varlistentry> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
565 | <term><command>isolate [NAME]</command></term> |
| 566 | ||
| 567 | <listitem><para>Start the unit | |
| 568 | specified on the command line and its | |
| 25f63d46 MM |
569 | dependencies and stop all others.</para> |
| 570 | ||
| 571 | <para>This is similar to changing the | |
| 572 | runlevel in a traditional init system. The | |
| 573 | <command>isolate</command> command will | |
| 574 | immediately stop processes that are not | |
| 575 | enabled in the new unit, possibly including | |
| 576 | the graphical environment or terminal you | |
| 577 | are currently using.</para> | |
| 578 | ||
| 579 | <para>Note that this works only on units | |
| 580 | where <option>AllowIsolate=</option> is | |
| 2528a7a6 LP |
581 | enabled. See |
| 582 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
| 583 | for details.</para></listitem> | |
| 7874bcd6 | 584 | </varlistentry> |
| 8a0867d6 LP |
585 | <varlistentry> |
| 586 | <term><command>kill [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 587 | ||
| 588 | <listitem><para>Send a signal to one | |
| 589 | or more processes of the unit. Use | |
| 590 | <option>--kill-who=</option> to select | |
| 591 | which process to kill. Use | |
| 592 | <option>--kill-mode=</option> to | |
| 593 | select the kill mode and | |
| 594 | <option>--signal=</option> to select | |
| 595 | the signal to send.</para></listitem> | |
| 596 | </varlistentry> | |
| 7594fb25 | 597 | <varlistentry> |
| ee5762e3 | 598 | <term><command>is-active [NAME...]</command></term> |
| 7594fb25 LP |
599 | |
| 600 | <listitem><para>Check whether any of | |
| 3d428115 | 601 | the specified units are active |
| ee5762e3 LP |
602 | (i.e. running). Returns an exit code |
| 603 | 0 if at least one is active, non-zero | |
| 7594fb25 LP |
604 | otherwise. Unless |
| 605 | <option>--quiet</option> is specified | |
| 606 | this will also print the current unit | |
| 607 | state to STDOUT.</para></listitem> | |
| 608 | </varlistentry> | |
| 61cbdc4b | 609 | <varlistentry> |
| 75676b72 | 610 | <term><command>status [NAME...|PID...]</command></term> |
| 61cbdc4b | 611 | |
| ee5762e3 LP |
612 | <listitem><para>Show terse runtime |
| 613 | status information about one or more | |
| 5c3246b1 LP |
614 | units, followed by its most recent log |
| 615 | data from the journal. This function | |
| 616 | is intended to generate human-readable | |
| 617 | output. If you are looking for | |
| 618 | computer-parsable output, use | |
| 619 | <command>show</command> instead. If a | |
| 620 | PID is passed information about the | |
| 621 | unit the process of the PID belongs to | |
| 622 | is shown.</para></listitem> | |
| 61cbdc4b | 623 | </varlistentry> |
| 393a2f9b LP |
624 | <varlistentry> |
| 625 | <term><command>show [NAME...|JOB...]</command></term> | |
| 626 | ||
| ee5762e3 LP |
627 | <listitem><para>Show properties of one |
| 628 | or more units, jobs or the manager | |
| 393a2f9b | 629 | itself. If no argument is specified |
| 61cbdc4b | 630 | properties of the manager will be |
| 393a2f9b | 631 | shown. If a unit name is specified |
| ee5762e3 LP |
632 | properties of the unit is shown, and |
| 633 | if a job id is specified properties of | |
| 634 | the job is shown. By default, empty | |
| 635 | properties are suppressed. Use | |
| 636 | <option>--all</option> to show those | |
| 637 | too. To select specific properties to | |
| 638 | show use | |
| 639 | <option>--property=</option>. This | |
| 640 | command is intended to be used | |
| 641 | whenever computer-parsable output is | |
| 642 | required. Use | |
| 643 | <command>status</command> if you are | |
| 644 | looking for formatted human-readable | |
| 645 | output.</para></listitem> | |
| 393a2f9b | 646 | </varlistentry> |
| 256425cc | 647 | <varlistentry> |
| b43f208f | 648 | <term><command>help [NAME...|PID...]</command></term> |
| 5632e374 | 649 | |
| 256425cc LP |
650 | <listitem><para>Show manual pages for |
| 651 | one or more units, if available. If a | |
| 652 | PID is passed the manual pages for the | |
| 653 | unit the process of the PID belongs to | |
| 654 | is shown.</para></listitem> | |
| 655 | </varlistentry> | |
| 5632e374 | 656 | <varlistentry> |
| 74ac3cbd MM |
657 | <term><command>reset-failed [NAME...]</command></term> |
| 658 | ||
| 659 | <listitem><para>Reset the | |
| 660 | '<literal>failed</literal>' state of the | |
| 661 | specified units, or if no unit name is | |
| 662 | passed of all units. When a unit fails | |
| 663 | in some way (i.e. process exiting with | |
| 664 | non-zero error code, terminating | |
| 665 | abnormally or timing out) it will | |
| 666 | automatically enter the | |
| 667 | '<literal>failed</literal>' state and | |
| 668 | its exit code and status is recorded | |
| 669 | for introspection by the administrator | |
| 5632e374 LP |
670 | until the service is restarted or |
| 671 | reset with this | |
| 672 | command.</para></listitem> | |
| 673 | </varlistentry> | |
| 674 | ||
| 7e13bea0 RB |
675 | <varlistentry> |
| 676 | <term><command>list-unit-files</command></term> | |
| 677 | ||
| 678 | <listitem><para>List installed unit files. | |
| 679 | </para></listitem> | |
| 680 | </varlistentry> | |
| 681 | ||
| ee5762e3 LP |
682 | <varlistentry> |
| 683 | <term><command>enable [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 684 | ||
| 685 | <listitem><para>Enable one or more | |
| 686 | unit files, as specified on the | |
| 687 | command line. This will create a | |
| 688 | number of symlinks as encoded in the | |
| 689 | <literal>[Install]</literal> sections | |
| 690 | of the unit files. After the symlinks | |
| 691 | have been created the systemd | |
| 692 | configuration is reloaded (in a way | |
| 693 | that is equivalent to | |
| 694 | <command>daemon-reload</command>) to | |
| 695 | ensure the changes are taken into | |
| 696 | account immediately. Note that this | |
| 697 | does not have the effect that any of | |
| 698 | the units enabled are also started at | |
| 699 | the same time. If this is desired a | |
| 96d4ce01 | 700 | separate <command>start</command> |
| ee5762e3 LP |
701 | command must be invoked for the |
| 702 | unit.</para> | |
| 703 | ||
| 704 | <para>This command will | |
| 705 | print the actions executed. This | |
| 706 | output may be suppressed by passing | |
| 707 | <option>--quiet</option>.</para> | |
| 708 | ||
| 709 | <para>Note that this operation creates | |
| 710 | only the suggested symlinks for the | |
| 711 | units. While this command is the | |
| 712 | recommended way to manipulate the unit | |
| 713 | configuration directory, the | |
| 714 | administrator is free to make | |
| 715 | additional changes manually, by | |
| 716 | placing or removing symlinks in the | |
| 3d428115 | 717 | directory. This is particularly useful |
| ee5762e3 LP |
718 | to create configurations that deviate |
| 719 | from the suggested default | |
| 720 | installation. In this case the | |
| 721 | administrator must make sure to invoke | |
| 722 | <command>daemon-reload</command> | |
| 723 | manually as necessary, to ensure his | |
| 724 | changes are taken into account.</para> | |
| 725 | ||
| 726 | <para>Enabling units should not be | |
| 727 | confused with starting (activating) | |
| 728 | units, as done by the | |
| 729 | <command>start</command> | |
| 730 | command. Enabling and starting units | |
| 731 | is orthogonal: units may be enabled | |
| 732 | without being started and started | |
| 733 | without being enabled. Enabling simply | |
| 734 | hooks the unit into various suggested | |
| 735 | places (for example, so that the unit | |
| 736 | is automatically started on boot or | |
| 737 | when a particular kind of hardware is | |
| 738 | plugged in). Starting actually spawns | |
| 739 | the daemon process (in case of service | |
| 740 | units), or binds the socket (in case | |
| 741 | of socket units), and so | |
| 742 | on.</para> | |
| 743 | ||
| 744 | <para>Depending on whether | |
| 745 | <option>--system</option>, | |
| af2d49f7 | 746 | <option>--user</option> or |
| ee5762e3 LP |
747 | <option>--global</option> is specified |
| 748 | this enables the unit for the system, | |
| af2d49f7 LP |
749 | for the calling user only |
| 750 | or for all future logins of all | |
| ee5762e3 LP |
751 | users. Note that in the latter case no |
| 752 | systemd daemon configuration is | |
| 753 | reloaded.</para> | |
| 754 | </listitem> | |
| 755 | </varlistentry> | |
| 756 | ||
| 757 | <varlistentry> | |
| 758 | <term><command>disable [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 759 | ||
| 760 | <listitem><para>Disables one or more | |
| 761 | units. This removes all symlinks to | |
| 762 | the specified unit files from the unit | |
| 763 | configuration directory, and hence | |
| 764 | undoes the changes made by | |
| 765 | <command>enable</command>. Note | |
| 729e3769 | 766 | however that this removes |
| ee5762e3 LP |
767 | all symlinks to the unit files |
| 768 | (i.e. including manual additions), not | |
| 769 | just those actually created by | |
| 729e3769 | 770 | <command>enable</command>. This call |
| ee5762e3 LP |
771 | implicitly reloads the systemd daemon |
| 772 | configuration after completing the | |
| 773 | disabling of the units. Note that this | |
| 774 | command does not implicitly stop the | |
| 775 | units that is being disabled. If this | |
| 776 | is desired an additional | |
| 6a2857e6 | 777 | <command>stop</command> command should |
| ee5762e3 LP |
778 | be executed afterwards.</para> |
| 779 | ||
| 780 | <para>This command will print the | |
| 781 | actions executed. This output may be | |
| 782 | suppressed by passing | |
| 783 | <option>--quiet</option>.</para> | |
| 784 | </listitem> | |
| 785 | ||
| 3d428115 | 786 | <para>This command honors |
| ee5762e3 | 787 | <option>--system</option>, |
| af2d49f7 | 788 | <option>--user</option>, |
| ee5762e3 LP |
789 | <option>--global</option> in a similar |
| 790 | way as | |
| 791 | <command>enable</command>.</para> | |
| 792 | </varlistentry> | |
| 793 | ||
| 794 | <varlistentry> | |
| 795 | <term><command>is-enabled [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 796 | ||
| 797 | <listitem><para>Checks whether any of | |
| 798 | the specified unit files is enabled | |
| 799 | (as with | |
| 800 | <command>enable</command>). Returns an | |
| 801 | exit code of 0 if at least one is | |
| 729e3769 LP |
802 | enabled, non-zero otherwise. Prints |
| 803 | the current enable status. To suppress | |
| 804 | this output use | |
| 805 | <option>--quiet</option>.</para></listitem> | |
| 806 | </varlistentry> | |
| 807 | ||
| 808 | <varlistentry> | |
| 809 | <term><command>reenable [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 810 | ||
| 811 | <listitem><para>Reenable one or more | |
| 812 | unit files, as specified on the | |
| 813 | command line. This is a combination of | |
| 814 | <command>disable</command> and | |
| 815 | <command>enable</command> and is | |
| 816 | useful to reset the symlinks a unit is | |
| 817 | enabled with to the defaults | |
| 818 | configured in the | |
| 819 | <literal>[Install]</literal> section | |
| 820 | of the unit file.</para> | |
| 821 | </listitem> | |
| 822 | </varlistentry> | |
| 823 | ||
| 824 | <varlistentry> | |
| 825 | <term><command>preset [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 826 | ||
| 827 | <listitem><para>Reset one or more unit | |
| 828 | files, as specified on the command | |
| 75d67e68 LP |
829 | line, to the defaults configured in |
| 830 | the preset policy files. This has the | |
| 831 | same effect as | |
| 832 | <command>disable</command> or | |
| 729e3769 LP |
833 | <command>enable</command>, depending |
| 834 | how the unit is listed in the preset | |
| 75d67e68 | 835 | files. For more information on preset |
| 99800333 LP |
836 | policy format see |
| 837 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.preset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. For | |
| 838 | more information on the concept of | |
| 839 | presets please consult the <ulink | |
| 840 | url="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Preset">Preset</ulink> | |
| 841 | document.</para> | |
| 729e3769 LP |
842 | </listitem> |
| 843 | </varlistentry> | |
| 844 | ||
| 845 | <varlistentry> | |
| 846 | <term><command>mask [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 847 | ||
| 848 | <listitem><para>Mask one or more unit | |
| 849 | files, as specified on the command | |
| 850 | line. This will link these units to | |
| 851 | <filename>/dev/null</filename>, making | |
| 852 | it impossible to start them. This is a stronger version | |
| 853 | of <command>disable</command>, since | |
| 854 | it prohibits all kinds of activation | |
| 855 | of the unit, including manual | |
| 856 | activation. Use this option with | |
| 857 | care.</para> | |
| 858 | </listitem> | |
| 859 | </varlistentry> | |
| 860 | ||
| 861 | <varlistentry> | |
| 862 | <term><command>unmask [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 863 | ||
| 864 | <listitem><para>Unmask one or more | |
| 865 | unit files, as specified on the | |
| 866 | command line. This will undo the | |
| 867 | effect of | |
| 868 | <command>mask</command>.</para> | |
| 869 | </listitem> | |
| 870 | </varlistentry> | |
| 871 | ||
| 872 | <varlistentry> | |
| 873 | <term><command>link [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 874 | ||
| 875 | <listitem><para>Link a unit file that | |
| 876 | is not in the unit file search paths | |
| 877 | into the unit file search path. This | |
| 878 | requires an absolute path to a unit | |
| 879 | file. The effect of this can be undone | |
| 880 | with <command>disable</command>. The | |
| 881 | effect of this command is that a unit | |
| 882 | file is available for | |
| 883 | <command>start</command> and other | |
| 884 | commands although it isn't installed | |
| 885 | directly in the unit search | |
| 886 | path.</para> | |
| 887 | </listitem> | |
| ee5762e3 LP |
888 | </varlistentry> |
| 889 | ||
| 393a2f9b LP |
890 | <varlistentry> |
| 891 | <term><command>load [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 892 | ||
| 893 | <listitem><para>Load one or more units | |
| 894 | specified on the command line. This | |
| 895 | will simply load their configuration | |
| 896 | from disk, but not start them. To | |
| 897 | start them you need to use the | |
| 898 | <command>start</command> command which | |
| 899 | will implicitly load a unit that has | |
| 900 | not been loaded yet. Note that systemd | |
| 901 | garbage collects loaded units that are | |
| 902 | not active or referenced by an active | |
| 903 | unit. This means that units loaded | |
| 904 | this way will usually not stay loaded | |
| 905 | for long. Also note that this command | |
| 906 | cannot be used to reload unit | |
| 907 | configuration. Use the | |
| 908 | <command>daemon-reload</command> | |
| 909 | command for that. All in all, this | |
| 910 | command is of little use except for | |
| 911 | debugging.</para> | |
| 912 | <para>This command should not be | |
| 913 | confused with the | |
| 914 | <command>daemon-reload</command> or | |
| 915 | <command>reload</command> | |
| 916 | commands.</para></listitem> | |
| 917 | </varlistentry> | |
| 918 | <varlistentry> | |
| 919 | <term><command>list-jobs</command></term> | |
| 920 | ||
| 921 | <listitem><para>List jobs that are in progress.</para></listitem> | |
| 922 | </varlistentry> | |
| 923 | <varlistentry> | |
| 924 | <term><command>cancel [JOB...]</command></term> | |
| 925 | ||
| 926 | <listitem><para>Cancel one or more | |
| 927 | jobs specified on the command line by | |
| 928 | their numeric job | |
| 3d428115 | 929 | IDs. If no job id is specified, cancel all pending jobs.</para></listitem> |
| 393a2f9b | 930 | </varlistentry> |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
931 | <varlistentry> |
| 932 | <term><command>dump</command></term> | |
| 933 | ||
| 934 | <listitem><para>Dump server | |
| 935 | status. This will output a (usually | |
| 936 | very long) human readable manager | |
| 937 | status dump. Its format is subject to | |
| 938 | change without notice and should not | |
| 939 | be parsed by | |
| 940 | applications.</para></listitem> | |
| 941 | </varlistentry> | |
| 4445a875 LP |
942 | <varlistentry> |
| 943 | <term><command>dot</command></term> | |
| 944 | ||
| 945 | <listitem><para>Generate textual | |
| 946 | dependency graph description in dot | |
| 947 | format for further processing with the | |
| 948 | GraphViz | |
| 949 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
| 950 | tool. Use a command line like | |
| 951 | <command>systemctl dot | dot -Tsvg > | |
| 952 | systemd.svg</command> to generate a | |
| 953 | graphical dependency tree. Unless | |
| 954 | <option>--order</option> or | |
| 955 | <option>--require</option> is passed | |
| 956 | the generated graph will show both | |
| 957 | ordering and requirement | |
| 958 | dependencies.</para></listitem> | |
| 959 | </varlistentry> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
960 | <varlistentry> |
| 961 | <term><command>snapshot [NAME]</command></term> | |
| 962 | ||
| 963 | <listitem><para>Create a snapshot. If | |
| af62c704 | 964 | a snapshot name is specified, the new |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
965 | snapshot will be named after it. If |
| 966 | none is specified an automatic | |
| 967 | snapshot name is generated. In either | |
| 7594fb25 LP |
968 | case, the snapshot name used is |
| 969 | printed to STDOUT, unless | |
| 970 | <option>--quiet</option> is | |
| 971 | specified.</para> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
972 | |
| 973 | <para>A snapshot refers to a saved | |
| 974 | state of the systemd manager. It is | |
| 3d428115 | 975 | implemented itself as a unit that is |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
976 | generated dynamically with this |
| 977 | command and has dependencies on all | |
| 978 | units active at the time. At a later | |
| 979 | time the user may return to this state | |
| 980 | by using the | |
| 981 | <command>isolate</command> command on | |
| 982 | the snapshot unit.</para></listitem> | |
| 983 | ||
| 984 | <para>Snapshots are only useful for | |
| 985 | saving and restoring which units are | |
| 986 | running or are stopped, they do not | |
| 987 | save/restore any other | |
| 988 | state. Snapshots are dynamic and lost | |
| 989 | on reboot.</para> | |
| 990 | </varlistentry> | |
| 991 | <varlistentry> | |
| 6759e7a7 LP |
992 | <term><command>delete [NAME...]</command></term> |
| 993 | ||
| 994 | <listitem><para>Remove a snapshot | |
| 995 | previously created with | |
| 996 | <command>snapshot</command>.</para></listitem> | |
| 997 | </varlistentry> | |
| 998 | <varlistentry> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
999 | <term><command>daemon-reload</command></term> |
| 1000 | ||
| 1001 | <listitem><para>Reload systemd manager | |
| 1002 | configuration. This will reload all | |
| 1003 | unit files and recreate the entire | |
| 1004 | dependency tree. While the daemon is | |
| af62c704 | 1005 | reloaded, all sockets systemd listens |
| ad678a06 | 1006 | on on behalf of user configuration will |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
1007 | stay accessible.</para> <para>This |
| 1008 | command should not be confused with | |
| 1009 | the <command>load</command> or | |
| 1010 | <command>reload</command> | |
| 1011 | commands.</para></listitem> | |
| 1012 | </varlistentry> | |
| 1013 | <varlistentry> | |
| 1014 | <term><command>daemon-reexec</command></term> | |
| 1015 | ||
| 1016 | <listitem><para>Reexecute the systemd | |
| 1017 | manager. This will serialize the | |
| 1018 | manager state, reexecute the process | |
| 1019 | and deserialize the state again. This | |
| 1020 | command is of little use except for | |
| 1021 | debugging and package | |
| 1022 | upgrades. Sometimes it might be | |
| 1023 | helpful as a heavy-weight | |
| 1024 | <command>daemon-reload</command>. While | |
| 1025 | the daemon is reexecuted all sockets | |
| 1026 | systemd listens on on behalf of user | |
| 1027 | configuration will stay | |
| 1028 | accessible.</para></listitem> | |
| 1029 | </varlistentry> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
1030 | <varlistentry> |
| 1031 | <term><command>show-environment</command></term> | |
| 1032 | ||
| 1033 | <listitem><para>Dump the systemd | |
| 1034 | manager environment block. The | |
| 1035 | environment block will be dumped in | |
| 1036 | straight-forward form suitable for | |
| 1037 | sourcing into a shell script. This | |
| 1038 | environment block will be passed to | |
| 1039 | all processes the manager | |
| 1040 | spawns.</para></listitem> | |
| 1041 | </varlistentry> | |
| 1042 | <varlistentry> | |
| 1043 | <term><command>set-environment [NAME=VALUE...]</command></term> | |
| 1044 | ||
| 1045 | <listitem><para>Set one or more | |
| 1046 | systemd manager environment variables, | |
| 1047 | as specified on the command | |
| 1048 | line.</para></listitem> | |
| 1049 | </varlistentry> | |
| 1050 | <varlistentry> | |
| 1051 | <term><command>unset-environment [NAME...]</command></term> | |
| 1052 | ||
| 1053 | <listitem><para>Unset one or more | |
| 1054 | systemd manager environment | |
| 1055 | variables. If only a variable name is | |
| 1056 | specified it will be removed | |
| 1057 | regardless of its value. If a variable | |
| 1058 | and a value are specified the variable | |
| 1059 | is only removed if it has the | |
| 1060 | specified value.</para></listitem> | |
| 1061 | </varlistentry> | |
| 59cddb23 LP |
1062 | <varlistentry> |
| 1063 | <term><command>default</command></term> | |
| 1064 | ||
| 1065 | <listitem><para>Enter default | |
| 1066 | mode. This is mostly equivalent to | |
| 1067 | <command>start | |
| 1068 | default.target</command>.</para></listitem> | |
| 1069 | </varlistentry> | |
| 1070 | <varlistentry> | |
| 1071 | <term><command>rescue</command></term> | |
| 1072 | ||
| 1073 | <listitem><para>Enter rescue | |
| 1074 | mode. This is mostly equivalent to | |
| 1075 | <command>isolate | |
| 1076 | rescue.target</command> but also | |
| 1077 | prints a wall message to all | |
| 1078 | users.</para></listitem> | |
| 1079 | </varlistentry> | |
| 1080 | <varlistentry> | |
| 1081 | <term><command>emergency</command></term> | |
| 7874bcd6 | 1082 | |
| 59cddb23 LP |
1083 | <listitem><para>Enter emergency |
| 1084 | mode. This is mostly equivalent to | |
| 1085 | <command>isolate | |
| 1086 | emergency.target</command> but also | |
| 1087 | prints a wall message to all | |
| 1088 | users.</para></listitem> | |
| 1089 | </varlistentry> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
1090 | <varlistentry> |
| 1091 | <term><command>halt</command></term> | |
| 1092 | ||
| 1093 | <listitem><para>Shut down and halt the | |
| 1094 | system. This is mostly equivalent to | |
| 1095 | <command>start halt.target</command> | |
| 1096 | but also prints a wall message to all | |
| e606bb61 LP |
1097 | users. If combined with |
| 1098 | <option>--force</option> shutdown of | |
| 1099 | all running services is skipped, | |
| 1100 | however all processes are killed and | |
| 1101 | all file systems are unmounted or | |
| 59cddb23 | 1102 | mounted read-only, immediately |
| e606bb61 LP |
1103 | followed by the system halt. If |
| 1104 | <option>--force</option> is specified | |
| 1105 | twice the the operation is immediately | |
| 1106 | executed without terminating any | |
| 1107 | processes or unmounting any file | |
| 1108 | systems. This may result in data | |
| 1109 | loss.</para></listitem> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
1110 | </varlistentry> |
| 1111 | <varlistentry> | |
| 1112 | <term><command>poweroff</command></term> | |
| 1113 | ||
| 1114 | <listitem><para>Shut down and | |
| 1115 | power-off the system. This is mostly | |
| 1116 | equivalent to <command>start | |
| 1117 | poweroff.target</command> but also | |
| e606bb61 | 1118 | prints a wall message to all users. If |
| 59cddb23 LP |
1119 | combined with <option>--force</option> |
| 1120 | shutdown of all running services is | |
| e606bb61 LP |
1121 | skipped, however all processes are |
| 1122 | killed and all file systems are | |
| 1123 | unmounted or mounted read-only, | |
| 1124 | immediately followed by the powering | |
| 1125 | off. If <option>--force</option> is | |
| 1126 | specified twice the the operation is | |
| 1127 | immediately executed without | |
| 1128 | terminating any processes or | |
| 1129 | unmounting any file systems. This may | |
| 1130 | result in data loss.</para></listitem> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
1131 | </varlistentry> |
| 1132 | <varlistentry> | |
| 1133 | <term><command>reboot</command></term> | |
| 1134 | ||
| e606bb61 LP |
1135 | <listitem><para>Shut down and reboot |
| 1136 | the system. This is mostly equivalent | |
| 1137 | to <command>start | |
| 7874bcd6 | 1138 | reboot.target</command> but also |
| e606bb61 | 1139 | prints a wall message to all users. If |
| 59cddb23 LP |
1140 | combined with <option>--force</option> |
| 1141 | shutdown of all running services is | |
| e606bb61 LP |
1142 | skipped, however all processes are |
| 1143 | killed and all file systems are | |
| 1144 | unmounted or mounted read-only, | |
| 1145 | immediately followed by the reboot. If | |
| 1146 | <option>--force</option> is specified | |
| 1147 | twice the the operation is immediately | |
| 1148 | executed without terminating any | |
| 1149 | processes or unmounting any file | |
| 1150 | systems. This may result in data | |
| 1151 | loss.</para></listitem> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
1152 | </varlistentry> |
| 1153 | <varlistentry> | |
| 59cddb23 | 1154 | <term><command>kexec</command></term> |
| 7874bcd6 | 1155 | |
| 59cddb23 LP |
1156 | <listitem><para>Shut down and reboot |
| 1157 | the system via kexec. This is mostly | |
| 1158 | equivalent to <command>start | |
| 1159 | kexec.target</command> but also prints | |
| 1160 | a wall message to all users. If | |
| 1161 | combined with <option>--force</option> | |
| 1162 | shutdown of all running services is | |
| 3d428115 RB |
1163 | skipped, however all processes are killed |
| 1164 | and all file systems are unmounted or | |
| 59cddb23 LP |
1165 | mounted read-only, immediately |
| 1166 | followed by the | |
| 1167 | reboot.</para></listitem> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
1168 | </varlistentry> |
| 1169 | <varlistentry> | |
| 59cddb23 | 1170 | <term><command>exit</command></term> |
| 7874bcd6 | 1171 | |
| 59cddb23 LP |
1172 | <listitem><para>Ask the systemd |
| 1173 | manager to quit. This is only | |
| af2d49f7 | 1174 | supported for user service managers |
| 59cddb23 | 1175 | (i.e. in conjunction with the |
| af2d49f7 | 1176 | <option>--user</option> option) and |
| 59cddb23 | 1177 | will fail otherwise.</para></listitem> |
| 7874bcd6 | 1178 | </varlistentry> |
| 6edd7d0a LP |
1179 | <varlistentry> |
| 1180 | <term><command>suspend</command></term> | |
| 1181 | ||
| 1182 | <listitem><para>Suspend the system.</para></listitem> | |
| 1183 | </varlistentry> | |
| 1184 | <varlistentry> | |
| 1185 | <term><command>hibernate</command></term> | |
| 1186 | ||
| 1187 | <listitem><para>Hibernate the system.</para></listitem> | |
| 1188 | </varlistentry> | |
| 957eb8ca LP |
1189 | <varlistentry> |
| 1190 | <term><command>switch-root [ROOT] [INIT]</command></term> | |
| 1191 | ||
| 1192 | <listitem><para>Switches to a | |
| 1193 | different root directory and executes | |
| 1194 | a new system manager process below | |
| 1195 | it. This is intended for usage in | |
| 1196 | initial RAM disks ("initrd"), and will | |
| 1197 | transition from the initrd's system | |
| 1198 | manager process (a.k.a "init" process) | |
| 1199 | to the main system manager | |
| 1200 | process. Takes two arguments: the | |
| 1201 | directory to make the new root | |
| 1202 | directory, and the path to the new | |
| 1203 | system manager binary below it to | |
| 1204 | execute as PID 1. If the latter is | |
| 49f43d5f | 1205 | omitted or the empty string, a |
| 957eb8ca LP |
1206 | systemd binary will automatically be |
| 1207 | searched for and used as init. If the | |
| 49f43d5f | 1208 | system manager path is omitted or |
| 957eb8ca LP |
1209 | equal the empty string the state of |
| 1210 | the initrd's system manager process is | |
| 1211 | passed to the main system manager, | |
| 1212 | which allows later introspection of the | |
| 1213 | state of the services involved in the | |
| 1214 | initrd boot.</para></listitem> | |
| 1215 | </varlistentry> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
1216 | </variablelist> |
| 1217 | ||
| 1218 | </refsect1> | |
| 1219 | ||
| 1220 | <refsect1> | |
| 1221 | <title>Exit status</title> | |
| 1222 | ||
| 1223 | <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure | |
| 1224 | code otherwise.</para> | |
| 1225 | </refsect1> | |
| 1226 | ||
| abebb5af VS |
1227 | <refsect1> |
| 1228 | <title>Environment</title> | |
| 1229 | ||
| 1230 | <variablelist> | |
| 1231 | <varlistentry> | |
| 1232 | <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term> | |
| 1233 | <listitem><para>Pager to use when | |
| 1234 | <option>--no-pager</option> is not given; | |
| 1235 | overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>. Setting | |
| 1236 | this to an empty string or the value | |
| 1237 | <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing | |
| 1238 | <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem> | |
| 1239 | </varlistentry> | |
| 1240 | </variablelist> | |
| 1241 | </refsect1> | |
| 1242 | ||
| 7874bcd6 LP |
1243 | <refsect1> |
| 1244 | <title>See Also</title> | |
| 1245 | <para> | |
| 1246 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 1247 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 169c4f65 LP |
1248 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| 1249 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
1250 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| 1251 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 75d67e68 LP |
1252 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| 1253 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.preset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
| 7874bcd6 LP |
1254 | </para> |
| 1255 | </refsect1> | |
| 1256 | ||
| 1257 | </refentry> |