SYSTEMD.SNAPSHOT(5)                      systemd.snapshot                     SYSTEMD.SNAPSHOT(5)



NAME
       systemd.snapshot - Snapshot unit configuration

SYNOPSIS
       snapshot.snapshot

DESCRIPTION
       Snapshot units are not configured via unit configuration files. Nonetheless they are named
       similar to filenames. A unit 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(1) 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(1), systemd.unit(5), systemd.directives(7)



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