Systemctl restart service triggering another command

Asked Feb 22 '19 at 11:35

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I created systemd service, which runs a script that auto-generates some configuration files if these don't exist, and loads the services depending on them, or loads the services with the existing ones.

I would like to provide some extra functionality, allowing the user to clean previous configurations using the same systemctl service.

I thought in ExecReload, thinking that it would be called when the user types systemctl restart service_name, but then I discovered that it is not doing what I thought.

Is there a way to do it, please? I was checking here and in Freedesktop Systemd doc, but I could not find the way

edited Feb 22 '19 at 12:18

asked Feb 22 '19 at 11:35

xCovelus

You probably need to be creating a systemd _generator_, not a systemd _service_. The _generator_ is a special systemd unit that creates other systemd units. – Michael Hampton Feb 22 '19 at 14:35
Nice, I have to read about that, thank you very much – xCovelus Feb 22 '19 at 14:37

Systemctl restart service triggering another command

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