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25<refentry id="systemd.snapshot">
26 <refentryinfo>
27 <title>systemd.snapshot</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.snapshot</refentrytitle>
42 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
43 </refmeta>
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45 <refnamediv>
46 <refname>systemd.snapshot</refname>
34511ca7 47 <refpurpose>Snapshot unit configuration</refpurpose>
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48 </refnamediv>
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50 <refsynopsisdiv>
e670b166 51 <para><filename><replaceable>snapshot</replaceable>.snapshot</filename></para>
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52 </refsynopsisdiv>
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54 <refsect1>
55 <title>Description</title>
56
57 <para>Snapshot units are not configured via unit
58 configuration files. Nonetheless they are named
9365b048 59 similar to filenames. A unit whose name ends in
479fe882 60 <literal>.snapshot</literal> refers to a dynamic
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61 snapshot of the systemd runtime state.</para>
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63 <para>Snapshots are not configured on disk but created
64 dynamically via <command>systemctl snapshot</command>
65 (see
66 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
b439c6ee 67 for details) or an equivalent command. When created,
b2c20dd9 68 they will automatically get dependencies on the
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69 currently activated units. They act as saved
70 runtime state of the systemd manager. Later on, the
b2c20dd9 71 user may choose to return to the saved state via
b439c6ee 72 <command>systemctl isolate</command>. They are
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73 useful to roll back to a defined state after
74 temporarily starting/stopping services or
75 similar.</para>
76 </refsect1>
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78 <refsect1>
79 <title>See Also</title>
80 <para>
f3e219a2 81 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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83 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
84 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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85 </para>
86 </refsect1>
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88</refentry>