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<refentryinfo>

<title>systemd.target</title>

<productname>systemd</productname>

<authorgroup>

<author>

<contrib>Developer</contrib>

<firstname>Lennart</firstname>

<surname>Poettering</surname>

<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>

</author>

</authorgroup>

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<refmeta>

<refentrytitle>systemd.target</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname>systemd.target</refname>

<refpurpose>systemd target configuration files</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<para><filename>systemd.target</filename></para>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>Description</title>

<para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in

<filename>.target</filename> encodes information about

a target unit of systemd, which is used for grouping

units and as well-known synchronization points during

start-up.</para>

<para>This unit type has no specific options. See

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

for the common options of all unit configuration

files. The common configuration items are configured

in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. A

seperate [Target] section does not exist, since no

target-specific options may be configured.</para>

<para>Target units do not offer any additional

functionality on top of the generic functionality

provided by units. They exist merely to group units via dependencies

(useful as boot targets), and to establish

standardized names for synchronization points used in

dependencies between units. Among other things target

units are a more flexible replacement for SysV

runlevels in the classic SysV init system. (And in

fact for compatibility reasons there exist special

target units such as

<filename>runlevel3.target</filename> that are used by

the SysV runlevel compatibility code in systemd. See

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>

for details).</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>See Also</title>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

</refsect1>

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