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"A service file looks like this:" Am I correct that the equivalent to this service file, in the world of systemd, is a binary file ?

• subway 9y ago
  You are incorrect. Systems uses plaintext 'ini'-ish files.
• to3m 9y ago
  No; the format is text: http://0pointer.de/public/systemd-man/systemd.unit.html http://0pointer.de/public/systemd-man/systemd.unit.html
  • majewsky 9y ago
    Maybe an example is easier to read than a manpage. Here's nginx.service from Arch Linux: https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/service?h=packages/nginx https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/s...
  • BenjiWiebe 9y ago
    And I personally love it. When writing my own servers/daemons I can very quickly and easily write a new service file for it.