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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 the
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 /EFI/Boot/boot*.efi. 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 /EFI/Boot/boot*.efi. 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. The default is /boot.</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>
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