Systemd/man/bootctl.xml

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<refentry id="bootctl" conditional='ENABLE_EFI'
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>bootctl</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>bootctl</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>bootctl</refname>
<refpurpose>Control the firmware and boot manager settings</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>bootctl</command>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
<arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>bootctl</command> can check the EFI boot loader status, list
available entries, and install, update, or remove the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
boot loader on the current system.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--path=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Path to the EFI System Partition (ESP). If not specified, <filename>/efi</filename>,
<filename>/boot</filename>, and <filename>/boot/efi</filename> are checked in turn. It is recommended to mount
the ESP to <filename>/boot</filename>, if possible.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-p</option></term>
<term><option>--print-path</option></term>
<listitem><para>This option modifies the behaviour of <command>status</command>.
Just print the path to the EFI System Partition (ESP) to standard output and
exit.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-variables</option></term>
<listitem><para>Do not touch the EFI boot variables.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Commands</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>status</option></term>
<listitem><para>Shows the currently installed versions of the boot loader binaries and all current
EFI boot variables. If no command is specified, this is the implied default.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>list</option></term>
<listitem><para>Shows all configured boot loader entries.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>update</option></term>
<listitem><para>Updates all installed versions of
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
if the current version is newer than the version installed in the EFI system
partition. This also includes the EFI default/fallback loader at
<filename><replaceable>ESP</replaceable>/EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI</filename>. A
systemd-boot entry in the EFI boot variables is created if there is no current
entry. The created entry will be added to the end of the boot order list.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>install</option></term>
<listitem><para>Installs systemd-boot into the EFI system partition. A copy of systemd-boot will
be stored as the EFI default/fallback loader at
<filename><replaceable>ESP</replaceable>/EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI</filename>. A systemd-boot entry in
the EFI boot variables is created and added to the top of the boot order list.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>remove</option></term>
<listitem><para>Removes all installed versions of systemd-boot from the EFI system partition,
and removes systemd-boot from the EFI boot variables.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
<para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<ulink url="https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/master/docs/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION.md">Boot Loader Specification</ulink>,
<ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface">Boot Loader Interface</ulink>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>