SYSTEMD.SNAPSHOT(5) systemd.snapshot SYSTEMD.SNAPSHOT(5)
NAME
systemd.snapshot - systemd snapshot units
SYNOPSIS
systemd.snapshot
DESCRIPTION
Snapshot units are not configured via unit configuration files. Nonetheless they are named similar to filenames. A unit name whose name
ends in .snapshot refers to a dynamic snapshot of the systemd runtime state.
Snapshots are not configured on disk but created dynamically via systemctl snapshot (see systemctl(8) for details) or an equivalent
command. When created, they will automatically get dependencies on the currently activated units. They act as saved runtime state of the
systemd manager. Later on, the user may choose to return to the saved state via systemctl isolate. They are useful to roll back to a
defined state after temporarily starting/stopping services or similar.
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), systemctl(8), systemd.unit(5)
AUTHOR
Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Developer
systemd 10/07/2013 SYSTEMD.SNAPSHOT(5)
