systemdservices

planted: 2025-04-28 last tended to: 2025-12-28

To add a systemctl

  • create a new systemd service file: `sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/name.service`

  • example content: [Unit] Description=Watch TODO Directory and Update Master Task List After=network.target

    [Service] ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/watch-todo.sh Restart=always User=zaine WorkingDirectory=/home/zaine/master-folder/orgfiles/todo StandardOutput=append:/var/log/watch-todo.log StandardError=append:/var/log/watch-todo.log

    [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

  • reload and start: sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable watch-todo.service sudo systemctl start watch-todo.service

To remove a systemctl service:

systemctl stop [servicename] systemctl disable [servicename] rm etc/systemd/system[servicename] rm etc/systemd/system[servicename] # and symlinks that might be related rm usr/lib/systemd/system[servicename] rm usr/lib/systemd/system[servicename] # and symlinks that might be related systemctl daemon-reload systemctl reset-failed