systemd Developer Lennart Poettering lennart@poettering.net systemd-run 1 systemd-run Run programs as volatile systemd units systemd-run OPTIONS COMMAND ARGS systemd-run may be used create a transient .service unit or a .scope unit and launch the specified COMMAND as part of this unit. The following options are understood: -h --help Prints a short help text and exits. --version Prints a short version string and exits. --user Talk to the systemd manager of the calling user. --scope Create a .scope unit instead of the default transient .service unit. --unit= Use this unit name instead of an automatically generated one. --description= Provide description for the unit. If not specified, the command itself will be used as a description. See Description= in systemd.unit5. --slice= Make the new .service or .scope unit part of the specified slice, instead of the system.slice. All command-line arguments after the first non-option argument become part of the commandline of the launched process. On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise. systemd1, systemd.unit5, systemd.service5, systemd.scope5, systemd.slice5.