systemd-path(1) — Linux manual page

SYSTEMD-PATH(1)                systemd-path               SYSTEMD-PATH(1)

NAME         top

       systemd-path - List and query system and user paths

SYNOPSIS         top

       systemd-path [OPTIONS...] [NAME...]

DESCRIPTION         top

       systemd-path may be used to query system and user paths. The tool
       makes many of the paths described in file-hierarchy(7) available
       for querying.

       When invoked without arguments, a list of known paths and their
       current values is shown. When at least one argument is passed, the
       path with this name is queried and its value shown. The variables
       whose name begins with "search-" do not refer to individual paths,
       but instead to a list of colon-separated search paths, in their
       order of precedence.

       Note that paths which depend on environment variables are computed
       with systemd-path's invoked environment, and not the system or
       user manager's environment. As such, the output of systemd-path
       may not reflect the behavior of manager processes.

OPTIONS         top

       The following options are understood:

       --suffix=
           Printed paths are suffixed by the specified string.

           Added in version 215.

       --no-pager
           Do not pipe output into a pager.

       -h, --help
           Print a short help text and exit.

       --version
           Print a short version string and exit.

EXIT STATUS         top

       On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

SEE ALSO         top

       systemd(1), file-hierarchy(7)

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systemd 258~rc2                                           SYSTEMD-PATH(1)

Pages that refer to this page: sd_path_lookup(3),  systemd.exec(5),  file-hierarchy(7),  systemd.directives(7),  systemd.index(7)

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