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For all units ensure there's an "Automatic Dependencies" section in the man page, and explain which dependencies are automatically added in all cases, and which ones are added on top if DefaultDependencies=yes is set. This is also done for systemd.exec(5), systemd.resource-control(5) and systemd.unit(5) as these pages describe common behaviour of various unit types.
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<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-->
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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<!--
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This file is part of systemd.
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Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
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systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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Lesser General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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-->
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<refentry id="systemd.timer">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>systemd.timer</title>
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<productname>systemd</productname>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<contrib>Developer</contrib>
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<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
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<surname>Poettering</surname>
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<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>systemd.timer</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>systemd.timer</refname>
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<refpurpose>Timer unit configuration</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<para><filename><replaceable>timer</replaceable>.timer</filename></para>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
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<literal>.timer</literal> encodes information about a timer
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controlled and supervised by systemd, for timer-based
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activation.</para>
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<para>This man page lists the configuration options specific to
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this unit type. See
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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for the common options of all unit configuration files. The common
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configuration items are configured in the generic [Unit] and
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[Install] sections. The timer specific configuration options are
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configured in the [Timer] section.</para>
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<para>For each timer file, a matching unit file must exist,
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describing the unit to activate when the timer elapses. By
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default, a service by the same name as the timer (except for the
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suffix) is activated. Example: a timer file
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<filename>foo.timer</filename> activates a matching service
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<filename>foo.service</filename>. The unit to activate may be
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controlled by <varname>Unit=</varname> (see below).</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Automatic Dependencies</title>
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<para>Timer units automatically gain a <varname>Before=</varname>
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dependency on the service they are supposed to activate.</para>
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<para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> is set to
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<option>false</option>, all timer units will implicitly have
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dependencies of type <varname>Requires=</varname> and
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<varname>After=</varname> on <filename>sysinit.target</filename>,
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a dependency of type <varname>Before=</varname> on
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<filename>timers.target</filename>, as well as
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<varname>Conflicts=</varname> and <varname>Before=</varname> on
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<filename>shutdown.target</filename> to ensure that they are
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stopped cleanly prior to system shutdown. Timer units with at
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least one <varname>OnCalendar=</varname> directive will have an
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additional <varname>After=</varname> dependency on
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<filename>timer-sync.target</filename> to avoid being started
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before the system clock has been correctly set. Only timer units
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involved with early boot or late system shutdown should disable
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the <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> option.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Options</title>
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<para>Timer files must include a [Timer] section, which carries
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information about the timer it defines. The options specific to
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the [Timer] section of timer units are the following:</para>
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<variablelist class='unit-directives'>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>OnActiveSec=</varname></term>
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<term><varname>OnBootSec=</varname></term>
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<term><varname>OnStartupSec=</varname></term>
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<term><varname>OnUnitActiveSec=</varname></term>
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<term><varname>OnUnitInactiveSec=</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>Defines monotonic timers relative to different
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starting points: <varname>OnActiveSec=</varname> defines a
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timer relative to the moment the timer itself is activated.
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<varname>OnBootSec=</varname> defines a timer relative to when
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the machine was booted up. <varname>OnStartupSec=</varname>
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defines a timer relative to when systemd was first started.
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<varname>OnUnitActiveSec=</varname> defines a timer relative
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to when the unit the timer is activating was last activated.
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<varname>OnUnitInactiveSec=</varname> defines a timer relative
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to when the unit the timer is activating was last
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deactivated.</para>
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<para>Multiple directives may be combined of the same and of
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different types. For example, by combining
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<varname>OnBootSec=</varname> and
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<varname>OnUnitActiveSec=</varname>, it is possible to define
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a timer that elapses in regular intervals and activates a
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specific service each time.</para>
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<para>The arguments to the directives are time spans
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configured in seconds. Example: "OnBootSec=50" means 50s after
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boot-up. The argument may also include time units. Example:
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"OnBootSec=5h 30min" means 5 hours and 30 minutes after
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boot-up. For details about the syntax of time spans, see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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<para>If a timer configured with <varname>OnBootSec=</varname>
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or <varname>OnStartupSec=</varname> is already in the past
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when the timer unit is activated, it will immediately elapse
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and the configured unit is started. This is not the case for
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timers defined in the other directives.</para>
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<para>These are monotonic timers, independent of wall-clock
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time and timezones. If the computer is temporarily suspended,
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the monotonic clock stops too.</para>
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<para>If the empty string is assigned to any of these options,
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the list of timers is reset, and all prior assignments will
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have no effect.</para>
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<para>Note that timers do not necessarily expire at the
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precise time configured with these settings, as they are
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subject to the <varname>AccuracySec=</varname> setting
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below.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>OnCalendar=</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>Defines realtime (i.e. wallclock) timers with
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calendar event expressions. See
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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for more information on the syntax of calendar event
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expressions. Otherwise, the semantics are similar to
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<varname>OnActiveSec=</varname> and related settings.</para>
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<para>Note that timers do not necessarily expire at the
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precise time configured with this setting, as it is subject to
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the <varname>AccuracySec=</varname> setting
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below.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>AccuracySec=</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>Specify the accuracy the timer shall elapse
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with. Defaults to 1min. The timer is scheduled to elapse
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within a time window starting with the time specified in
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<varname>OnCalendar=</varname>,
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<varname>OnActiveSec=</varname>,
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<varname>OnBootSec=</varname>,
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<varname>OnStartupSec=</varname>,
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<varname>OnUnitActiveSec=</varname> or
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<varname>OnUnitInactiveSec=</varname> and ending the time
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configured with <varname>AccuracySec=</varname> later. Within
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this time window, the expiry time will be placed at a
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host-specific, randomized but stable position that is
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synchronized between all local timer units. This is done in
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order to distribute the wake-up time in networked
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installations, as well as optimizing power consumption to
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suppress unnecessary CPU wake-ups. To get best accuracy, set
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this option to 1us. Note that the timer is still subject to
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the timer slack configured via
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
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<varname>TimerSlackNSec=</varname> setting. See
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>prctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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for details. To optimize power consumption, make sure to set
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this value as high as possible and as low as
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necessary.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>Unit=</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>The unit to activate when this timer elapses.
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The argument is a unit name, whose suffix is not
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<literal>.timer</literal>. If not specified, this value
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defaults to a service that has the same name as the timer
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unit, except for the suffix. (See above.) It is recommended
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that the unit name that is activated and the unit name of the
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timer unit are named identically, except for the
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suffix.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>Persistent=</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If true, the time
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when the service unit was last triggered is stored on disk.
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When the timer is activated, the service unit is triggered
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immediately if it would have been triggered at least once
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during the time when the timer was inactive. This is useful to
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catch up on missed runs of the service when the machine was
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off. Note that this setting only has an effect on timers
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configured with <varname>OnCalendar=</varname>.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>WakeSystem=</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If true, an elapsing
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timer will cause the system to resume from suspend, should it
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be suspended and if the system supports this. Note that this
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option will only make sure the system resumes on the
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appropriate times, it will not take care of suspending it
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again after any work that is to be done is finished. Defaults
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to <varname>false</varname>.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>prctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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