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/doc/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>