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24 <refentry id="systemd-delta">
27 <title>systemd-delta</title>
28 <productname>systemd</productname>
32 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34 <surname>Poettering</surname>
35 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
41 <refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle>
42 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
46 <refname>systemd-delta</refname>
47 <refpurpose>Find overridden configuration files</refpurpose>
52 <command>systemd-delta <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">SUFFIX</arg></command>
57 <title>Description</title>
59 <para><command>systemd-delta</command> may be used to
60 identify and compare configuration files in
61 <filename>/etc</filename> that override default
62 counterparts in <filename>/usr</filename>. The command
63 line argument can be one or more name of a subdirectories of
64 <filename>/etc</filename> or
65 <filename>/usr/lib</filename> to compare, such as
66 <filename>tmpfiles.d</filename>, <filename>sysctl.d</filename> or
67 <filename>systemd/system</filename>.</para>
69 <para>When no argument is specified a number of
70 well-known subdirectories are searched for overridden
75 <title>Options</title>
77 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
81 <term><option>-h</option></term>
82 <term><option>--help</option></term>
84 <listitem><para>Prints a short help
85 text and exits.</para></listitem>
89 <term><option>--version</option></term>
91 <listitem><para>Prints a short version
92 string and exits.</para></listitem>
96 <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
98 <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
99 pager.</para></listitem>
103 <term><option>-t</option></term>
104 <term><option>--type=</option></term>
106 <listitem><para>When listing the
107 differences, only list those that are
108 asked for. The list itself is a
109 comma-separated list of desired
110 difference types.</para>
112 <para>Recognized types are:
116 <term><varname>masked</varname></term>
118 <listitem><para>Show masked files</para></listitem>
122 <term><varname>equivalent</varname></term>
124 <listitem><para>Show overridden
125 files that while overridden, do
126 not differ in content.</para></listitem>
130 <term><varname>redirected</varname></term>
132 <listitem><para>Show files that
133 are redirected to another.</para></listitem>
137 <term><varname>overridden</varname></term>
139 <listitem><para>Show overridden,
140 and changed files.</para></listitem>
144 <term><varname>extended</varname></term>
146 <listitem><para>Show *.conf files in drop-in
147 directories for units.</para></listitem>
151 <term><varname>unchanged</varname></term>
153 <listitem><para>Show unmodified
154 files too.</para></listitem>
161 <term><option>--diff=</option></term>
163 <listitem><para>When showing modified
164 files, when a file is overridden show a
165 diff as well. This option takes a
166 boolean argument. If omitted, it defaults
167 to <option>true</option>.</para></listitem>
175 <title>Exit status</title>
177 <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
178 code otherwise.</para>
182 <title>See Also</title>
184 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>