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-<refentry id="systemd.path">
- <refentryinfo>
- <title>systemd.path</title>
- <productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
- </refentryinfo>
-
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>systemd.path</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
- </refmeta>
-
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>systemd.path</refname>
- <refpurpose>Path unit configuration</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
-
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <para><filename>systemd.path</filename></para>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
- <filename>.path</filename> encodes information about
- a path monitored by systemd, for
- path-based activation.</para>
-
- <para>This man page lists the configuration options
- specific to this unit type. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for the common options of all unit configuration
- files. The common configuration items are configured
- in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. The
- path specific configuration options are configured in
- the [Path] section.</para>
-
- <para>For each path file, a matching unit file must
- exist, describing the unit to activate when the path
- changes. By default, a service by the same name as the
- path (except for the suffix) is activated. Example: a
- path file <filename>foo.path</filename> activates a
- matching service <filename>foo.service</filename>. The
- unit to activate may be controlled by
- <varname>Unit=</varname> (see below).</para>
-
- <para>Internally, path units use the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- API to monitor file systems. Due to that, it suffers by the
- same limitations as inotify, and for example cannot be
- used to monitor files or directories changed by other
- machines on remote NFS file systems.</para>
-
- <para>If a path unit is beneath another mount
- point in the file system hierarchy, a dependency
- between both units is created automatically.</para>
-
- <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname>
- is set to <option>false</option>, path units will
- implicitly have dependencies of type
- <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
- <varname>Before=</varname> on
- <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure
- that path units are terminated cleanly prior to system
- shutdown. Only path units involved with early boot or
- late system shutdown should disable this
- option.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Options</title>
-
- <para>Path files must include a [Path] section,
- which carries information about the path(s) it
- monitors. The options specific to the [Path] section
- of path units are the following:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>PathExists=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>PathChanged=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>PathModified=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>DirectoryNotEmpty=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Defines paths to
- monitor for certain changes:
- <varname>PathExists=</varname> may be
- used to watch the mere existence of a
- file or directory. If the file
- specified exists the configured unit
- is
- activated. <varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname>
- works similar, but checks for the
- existence of at least one file
- matching the globbing pattern
- specified. <varname>PathChanged=</varname>
- may be used to watch a file or
- directory and activate the configured
- unit whenever it changes. It is not activated
- on every write to the watched file but it is
- activated if the file which was open for writing
- gets closed. <varname>PathModified=</varname>
- is similar, but additionally it is activated
- also on simple writes to the watched file.
-
- <varname>DirectoryNotEmpty=</varname>
- may be used to watch a directory and
- activate the configured unit whenever
- it contains at least one file.</para>
-
- <para>The arguments of these
- directives must be absolute file
- system paths.</para>
-
- <para>Multiple directives may be
- combined, of the same and of different
- types, to watch multiple paths.</para>
-
- <para>If a path is already existing
- (in case of
- <varname>PathExists=</varname> and
- <varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname>) or
- a directory already is not empty (in
- case of
- <varname>DirectoryNotEmpty=</varname>)
- at the time the path unit is
- activated, then the configured unit is
- immediately activated as
- well. Something similar does not apply
- to <varname>PathChanged=</varname>.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Unit=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>The unit to activate
- when any of the configured paths
- changes. The argument is a unit name,
- whose suffix is not
- <filename>.path</filename>. If not
- specified, this value defaults to a
- service that has the same name as the
- path unit, except for the suffix. (See
- above.) It is recommended that the
- unit name that is activated and the
- unit name of the path unit are named
- identical, except for the
- suffix.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>MakeDirectory=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true the directories to
- watch are created before
- watching. This option is ignored for
- <varname>PathExists=</varname>
- settings. Defaults to
- <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>DirectoryMode=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>If
- <varname>MakeDirectory=</varname> is
- enabled use the mode specified here to
- create the directories in
- question. Takes an access mode in
- octal notation. Defaults to
- <option>0755</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>See Also</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
-</refentry>