systemd/man/systemd-delta.xml
Lennart Poettering 818bf54632 tree-wide: drop 'This file is part of systemd' blurb
This part of the copyright blurb stems from the GPL use recommendations:

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html

The concept appears to originate in times where version control was per
file, instead of per tree, and was a way to glue the files together.
Ultimately, we nowadays don't live in that world anymore, and this
information is entirely useless anyway, as people are very welcome to
copy these files into any projects they like, and they shouldn't have to
change bits that are part of our copyright header for that.

hence, let's just get rid of this old cruft, and shorten our codebase a
bit.
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<refentry id="systemd-delta"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-delta</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-delta</refname>
<refpurpose>Find overridden configuration files</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>systemd-delta</command>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable><optional>/<replaceable>SUFFIX</replaceable></optional>|<replaceable>SUFFIX</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>systemd-delta</command> may be used to identify and
compare configuration files that override other configuration
files. Files in <filename>/etc</filename> have highest priority,
files in <filename>/run</filename> have the second highest
priority, …, files in <filename>/usr/lib</filename> 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 <literal>.d</literal>
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
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
<para>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
(<filename>/etc</filename>, <filename>/run</filename>,
<filename>/usr/lib</filename>, …). 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
<filename>tmpfiles.d</filename>, <filename>sysctl.d</filename> or
<filename>systemd/system</filename>. 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.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-t</option></term>
<term><option>--type=</option></term>
<listitem><para>When listing the differences, only list those
that are asked for. The list itself is a comma-separated list
of desired difference types.</para>
<para>Recognized types are:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>masked</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Show masked files</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>equivalent</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Show overridden files that while
overridden, do not differ in content.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>redirected</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Show files that are redirected to
another.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>overridden</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Show overridden, and changed
files.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>extended</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Show <filename>*.conf</filename> files
in drop-in directories for units.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>unchanged</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Show unmodified files
too.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--diff=</option></term>
<listitem><para>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
<option>true</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>To see all local configuration:</para>
<programlisting>systemd-delta</programlisting>
<para>To see all runtime configuration:</para>
<programlisting>systemd-delta /run</programlisting>
<para>To see all system unit configuration changes:</para>
<programlisting>systemd-delta systemd/system</programlisting>
<para>To see all runtime "drop-in" changes for system units:</para>
<programlisting>systemd-delta --type=extended /run/systemd/system</programlisting>
</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</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>