man/systemd.scope.xml

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  24 <refentry id="systemd.scope">
  25   <refentryinfo>
  26     <title>systemd.scope</title>
  27     <productname>systemd</productname>
  28
  29     <authorgroup>
  30       <author>
  31         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  32         <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  33         <surname>Poettering</surname>
  34         <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  35       </author>
  36     </authorgroup>
  37   </refentryinfo>
  38
  39   <refmeta>
  40     <refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle>
  41     <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  42   </refmeta>
  43
  44   <refnamediv>
  45     <refname>systemd.scope</refname>
  46     <refpurpose>Scope unit configuration</refpurpose>
  47   </refnamediv>
  48
  49   <refsynopsisdiv>
  50     <para><filename><replaceable>scope</replaceable>.scope</filename></para>
  51   </refsynopsisdiv>
  52
  53   <refsect1>
  54     <title>Description</title>
  55
  56     <para>Scope units are not configured via unit configuration files,
  57     but are only created programmatically using the bus interfaces of
  58     systemd. They are named similar to filenames. A unit whose name
  59     ends in <literal>.scope</literal> refers to a scope unit. Scopes
  60     units manage a set of system processes. Unlike service units, scope
  61     units manage externally created processes, and do not fork off
  62     processes on its own.</para>
  63
  64     <para>The main purpose of scope units is grouping worker processes
  65     of a system service for organization and for managing resources.</para>
  66
  67     <para><command>systemd-run <option>--scope</option></command> may
  68     be used to easily launch a command in a new scope unit from the
  69     command line.</para>
  70
  71     <para>See the <ulink
  72     url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ControlGroupInterface/">New
  73     Control Group Interfaces</ulink> for an introduction on how to make
  74     use of scope units from programs.</para>
  75
  76     <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=false</varname>
  77     is used, scope units will implicitly have dependencies of
  78     type <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
  79     <varname>Before=</varname> on
  80     <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure
  81     that scope units are removed prior to system
  82     shutdown. Only scope units involved with early boot or
  83     late system shutdown should disable this option.
  84     </para>
  85   </refsect1>
  86
  87   <refsect1>
  88     <title>See Also</title>
  89     <para>
  90       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  91       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  92       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  93       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  94       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  95       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
  96     </para>
  97   </refsect1>
  98
  99 </refentry>