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I'm trying to run a user service, to backup my documents, before the desktop system shuts down every night.
# Needs to be placed in ~/.config/systemd/user/
[Unit]
Description=Backup with restic before shutdown
Before=poweroff.target halt.target
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/restic backup --verbose --one-file-system --tag systemd.shutdown $BACKUP_EXCLUDES $BACKUP_PATHS
ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/restic forget --verbose --tag systemd.shutdown --group-by paths,tags --keep-daily $RETENTION_DAYS --keep-weekly $RETENTION_WEEKS --keep-monthly $RETENTION_MONTHS --keep-yearly $RETENTION_YEARS
EnvironmentFile=%h/.config/restic-backup.conf
RemainAfterExit=yes
[Install]
WantedBy=poweroff.target halt.target
It runs if I start it manually: systemctl --user start restic-backup.service
It seems to enable fine: systemctl --user enable restic-backup.service
Returns:
Created symlink /home/lance/.config/systemd/user/poweroff.target.wants/restic-backup.service → /home/lance/.config/systemd/user/restic-backup.service.
Created symlink /home/lance/.config/systemd/user/halt.target.wants/restic-backup.service → /home/lance/.config/systemd/user/restic-backup.service.
...but when I go to the desktop menu & shutdown, the script does not run, the computer just shuts down.
Anyone see what I'm missing?
You can add
debug
to the kernel command line to enable systemd debugging (many verbose messages written). – U. Windl – 2019-04-29T08:10:10.853