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SYSTEMD-DELTA(1)              systemd-delta             SYSTEMD-DELTA(1)

NAME

       systemd-delta - Find overridden configuration files

SYNOPSIS

       systemd-delta [OPTIONS...] [PREFIX | PREFIX/SUFFIX | SUFFIX...]

DESCRIPTION

       systemd-delta may be used to identify and compare configuration
       files that override other configuration files. Files in /etc/
       have highest priority, files in /run/ have the second highest
       priority, ..., files in /usr/lib/ have lowest priority. Files in
       a directory with higher priority override files with the same
       name in directories of lower priority. In addition, certain
       configuration files can have ".d" directories which contain
       "drop-in" files with configuration snippets which augment the
       main configuration file. "Drop-in" files can be overridden in the
       same way by placing files with the same name in a directory of
       higher priority (except that, in case of "drop-in" files, both
       the "drop-in" file name and the name of the containing directory,
       which corresponds to the name of the main configuration file,
       must match). For a fuller explanation, see systemd.unit(5).

       The command line argument will be split into a prefix and a
       suffix. Either is optional. The prefix must be one of the
       directories containing configuration files (/etc/, /run/,
       /usr/lib/, ...). If it is given, only overriding files contained
       in this directory will be shown. Otherwise, all overriding files
       will be shown. The suffix must be a name of a subdirectory
       containing configuration files like tmpfiles.d, sysctl.d or
       systemd/system. If it is given, only configuration files in this
       subdirectory (across all configuration paths) will be analyzed.
       Otherwise, all configuration files will be analyzed. If the
       command line argument is not given at all, all configuration
       files will be analyzed. See below for some examples.

OPTIONS

       The following options are understood:

       -t, --type=
           When listing the differences, only list those that are asked
           for. The list itself is a comma-separated list of desired
           difference types.

           Recognized types are:

           masked
               Show masked files

           equivalent
               Show overridden files that while overridden, do not
               differ in content.

           redirected
               Show files that are redirected to another.

           overridden
               Show overridden, and changed files.

           extended
               Show *.conf files in drop-in directories for units.

               Added in version 205.

           unchanged
               Show unmodified files too.

       --diff=
           When showing modified files, when a file is overridden show a
           diff as well. This option takes a boolean argument. If
           omitted, it defaults to true.

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

       --version
           Print a short version string and exit.

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

EXAMPLES

       To see all local configuration:

           systemd-delta

       To see all runtime configuration:

           systemd-delta /run

       To see all system unit configuration changes:

           systemd-delta systemd/system

       To see all runtime "drop-in" changes for system units:

           systemd-delta --type=extended /run/systemd/system

EXIT STATUS

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

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1), systemd.unit(5)

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Pages that refer to this page: binfmt.d(5), modules-load.d(5), sysctl.d(5), systemd.preset(5), tmpfiles.d(5), systemd.directives(7), systemd.index(7)

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