SYSTEMD.TARGET(5) systemd.target SYSTEMD.TARGET(5)
NAME
systemd.target - systemd target configuration files
SYNOPSIS
systemd.target
DESCRIPTION
A unit configuration file whose name ends in .target encodes information about a target unit of systemd, which is used for grouping units
and as well-known synchronization points during start-up.
This unit type has no specific options. See systemd.unit(5) for the common options of all unit configuration files. The common
configuration items are configured in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. A separate [Target] section does not exist, since no
target-specific options may be configured.
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
for compatibility reasons special target units such as runlevel3.target exist which are used by the SysV runlevel compatibility code in
systemd. See systemd.special(7) for details).
Unless DefaultDependencies= is set to false, target units will implicitly complement all configured dependencies of type Wants=, Requires=,
RequiresOverridable= with dependencies of type After= if the units in question also have DefaultDependencies=true.
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), systemctl(8), systemd.unit(5), systemd.special(7)
AUTHOR
Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Developer
systemd 10/07/2013 SYSTEMD.TARGET(5)
