vault/Technical/Linux/Systemd Services.md

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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/org<sub>files</sub>/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