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<refentry id="systemd.unit">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd.unit</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd.unit</refname>
<refpurpose>systemd unit configuration files</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>systemd.service</filename></para>
<para><filename>systemd.socket</filename></para>
<para><filename>systemd.device</filename></para>
<para><filename>systemd.mount</filename></para>
<para><filename>systemd.automount</filename></para>
<para><filename>systemd.swap</filename></para>
<para><filename>systemd.target</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>A unit configuration file encodes information
about a service, a socket, a mount point, an automount
point, a swap file or patition, or a start-up target
controlled and supervised by systemd. The syntax is
inspired by XDG <filename>.desktop</filename> files,
which are in turn inspired by Windows
<filename>.ini</filename> files.</para>
<para>This man pages lists the common configuration
options of the various unit types.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Names=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Additional names for this unit. The names
listed here mus have the same suffix (i.e. type)
as the identifier name. This option may be
specified more than once.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Requires=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Dependencies on other
units. If this units get
activated the units listed
here will be activated as
well. If one of the other
units gets deactivated or its
activation fails, this unit
will be deactivated. This
option may be specified more
than once.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</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.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.target</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>