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SYSTEMD.TIMER(5)                 systemd.timer                SYSTEMD.TIMER(5)

NAME
       systemd.timer - Timer unit configuration
SYNOPSIS
       timer.timer
DESCRIPTION
       A unit configuration file whose name ends in ".timer" encodes
       information about a timer controlled and supervised by systemd, for
       timer-based activation.
       This man page lists the configuration options specific to this unit
       type. See systemd.unit(5) for the common options of all unit
       configuration files. The common configuration items are configured in
       the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. The timer specific
       configuration options are configured in the [Timer] section.
       For each timer file, a matching unit file must exist, describing the
       unit to activate when the timer elapses. By default, a service by the
       same name as the timer (except for the suffix) is activated. Example: a
       timer file foo.timer activates a matching service foo.service. The unit
       to activate may be controlled by Unit= (see below).
       Unless DefaultDependencies= is set to false, all timer units will
       implicitly have dependencies of type Conflicts= and Before= on
       shutdown.target to ensure that they are stopped cleanly prior to system
       shutdown. Timer units with at least one OnCalendar= directive will have
       an additional After= dependency on timer-sync.target to avoid being
       started before the system clock has been correctly set. Only timer
       units involved with early boot or late system shutdown should disable
       the DefaultDependencies= option.
OPTIONS
       Timer files must include a [Timer] section, which carries information
       about the timer it defines. The options specific to the [Timer] section
       of timer units are the following:
       OnActiveSec=, OnBootSec=, OnStartupSec=, OnUnitActiveSec=,
       OnUnitInactiveSec=
           Defines monotonic timers relative to different starting points:
           OnActiveSec= defines a timer relative to the moment the timer
           itself is activated.  OnBootSec= defines a timer relative to when
           the machine was booted up.  OnStartupSec= defines a timer relative
           to when systemd was first started.  OnUnitActiveSec= defines a
           timer relative to when the unit the timer is activating was last
           activated.  OnUnitInactiveSec= defines a timer relative to when the
           unit the timer is activating was last deactivated.
           Multiple directives may be combined of the same and of different
           types. For example, by combining OnBootSec= and OnUnitActiveSec=,
           it is possible to define a timer that elapses in regular intervals
           and activates a specific service each time.
           The arguments to the directives are time spans configured in
           seconds. Example: "OnBootSec=50" means 50s after boot-up. The
           argument may also include time units. Example: "OnBootSec=5h 30min"
           means 5 hours and 30 minutes after boot-up. For details about the
           syntax of time spans, see systemd.unit(5).
           If a timer configured with OnBootSec= or OnStartupSec= is already
           in the past when the timer unit is activated, it will immediately
           elapse and the configured unit is started. This is not the case for
           timers defined in the other directives.
           These are monotonic timers, independent of wall-clock time and
           timezones. If the computer is temporarily suspended, the monotonic
           clock stops too.
           If the empty string is assigned to any of these options, the list
           of timers is reset, and all prior assignments will have no effect.
           Note that timers do not necessarily expire at the precise time
           configured with these settings, as they are subject to the
           AccuracySec= setting below.
       OnCalendar=
           Defines realtime (i.e. wallclock) timers with calendar event
           expressions. See systemd.time(7) for more information on the syntax
           of calendar event expressions. Otherwise, the semantics are similar
           to OnActiveSec= and related settings.
           Note that timers do not necessarily expire at the precise time
           configured with this setting, as it is subject to the AccuracySec=
           setting below.
       AccuracySec=
           Specify the accuracy the timer shall elapse with. Defaults to 1min.
           The timer is scheduled to elapse within a time window starting with
           the time specified in OnCalendar=, OnActiveSec=, OnBootSec=,
           OnStartupSec=, OnUnitActiveSec= or OnUnitInactiveSec= and ending
           the time configured with AccuracySec= later. Within this time
           window, the expiry time will be placed at a host-specific,
           randomized, but stable position that is synchronized between all
           local timer units. This is done in order to optimize power
           consumption to suppress unnecessary CPU wake-ups. To get best
           accuracy, set this option to 1us. Note that the timer is still
           subject to the timer slack configured via systemd-system.conf(5)'s
           TimerSlackNSec= setting. See prctl(2) for details. To optimize
           power consumption, make sure to set this value as high as possible
           and as low as necessary.
       RandomizedDelaySec=
           Delay the timer by a randomly selected, evenly distributed amount
           of time between 0 and the specified time value. Defaults to 0,
           indicating that no randomized delay shall be applied. Each timer
           unit will determine this delay randomly each time it is started,
           and the delay will simply be added on top of the next determined
           elapsing time. This is useful to stretch dispatching of similarly
           configured timer events over a certain amount time, to avoid that
           they all fire at the same time, possibly resulting in resource
           congestion. Note the relation to AccuracySec= above: the latter
           allows the service manager to coalesce timer events within a
           specified time range in order to minimize wakeups, the former does
           the opposite: it stretches timer events over a time range, to make
           it unlikely that they fire simultaneously. If RandomizedDelaySec=
           and AccuracySec= are used in conjunction, first the a randomized
           time is added, and the result is then possibly shifted further to
           coalesce it with other timer events possibly happening on the
           system. As mentioned above AccuracySec= defaults to 1min and
           RandomizedDelaySec= to 0, thus encouraging coalescing of timer
           events. In order to optimally stretch timer events over a certain
           range of time, make sure to set RandomizedDelaySec= to a higher
           value, and AccuracySec=1us.
       Unit=
           The unit to activate when this timer elapses. The argument is a
           unit name, whose suffix is not ".timer". If not specified, this
           value defaults to a service that has the same name as the timer
           unit, except for the suffix. (See above.) It is recommended that
           the unit name that is activated and the unit name of the timer unit
           are named identically, except for the suffix.
       Persistent=
           Takes a boolean argument. If true, the time when the service unit
           was last triggered is stored on disk. When the timer is activated,
           the service unit is triggered immediately if it would have been
           triggered at least once during the time when the timer was
           inactive. This is useful to catch up on missed runs of the service
           when the machine was off. Note that this setting only has an effect
           on timers configured with OnCalendar=.
       WakeSystem=
           Takes a boolean argument. If true, an elapsing timer will cause the
           system to resume from suspend, should it be suspended and if the
           system supports this. Note that this option will only make sure the
           system resumes on the appropriate times, it will not take care of
           suspending it again after any work that is to be done is finished.
           Defaults to false.
SEE ALSO
       systemd(1), systemctl(1), systemd.unit(5), systemd.service(5),
       systemd.time(7), systemd.directives(7), systemd-system.conf(5),
       prctl(2)

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