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authorLuke Shumaker <lukeshu@lukeshu.com>2017-05-10 18:16:16 -0400
committerLuke Shumaker <lukeshu@lukeshu.com>2017-05-10 18:16:16 -0400
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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
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+
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+-->
+
+<refentry id="bootctl" conditional='ENABLE_EFI'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>bootctl</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Kay</firstname>
+ <surname>Sievers</surname>
+ <email>kay@vrfy.org</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>bootctl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>bootctl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Control the firmware and boot manager settings</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> status</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> update</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> install</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> remove</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl</command> checks, updates,
+ installs or removes the boot loader from the current
+ system.</para>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl status</command> checks and prints the
+ currently installed versions of the boot loader binaries and
+ all current EFI boot variables.</para>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl update</command> updates all installed versions of systemd-boot, if the current version is
+ newer than the version installed in the EFI system partition. This also includes the EFI default/fallback loader at
+ <filename>/EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI</filename>. A systemd-boot entry in the EFI boot variables is created if there is no
+ current entry. The created entry will be added to the end of the boot order list.</para>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl install</command> installs systemd-boot into the EFI system partition. A copy of
+ systemd-boot will be stored as the EFI default/fallback loader at <filename>/EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI</filename>. A
+ systemd-boot entry in the EFI boot variables is created and added to the top of the boot order list.</para>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl remove</command> removes all installed
+ versions of systemd-boot from the EFI system partition, and removes
+ systemd-boot from the EFI boot variables.</para>
+
+ <para>If no command is passed, <command>status</command> is
+ implied.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--path=</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Path to the EFI System Partition (ESP). If not specified, <filename>/efi</filename>,
+ <filename>/boot</filename>, and <filename>/boot/efi</filename> are checked in turn. It is recommended to mount
+ the ESP to <filename>/boot</filename>, if possible.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-variables</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Do not touch the EFI boot variables.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ code otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec">Boot loader specification</ulink>
+ <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface">Systemd boot loader interface</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>