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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+-->
+
+<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 boot loaders and boot loader
+ 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>
+ <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 firmware's boot loader list stored in EFI variables.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager"/>
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help"/>
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version"/>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Commands</title>
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>status</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Shows brief information about the system firmware, the boot loader that was used to boot the
+ system, the boot loaders currently available in the ESP, the boot loaders listed in the firmware's list of boot
+ loaders and the current default boot loader entry. If no command is specified, this is the implied
+ default.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>install</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Installs systemd-boot into the EFI system partition. A copy of <command>systemd-boot</command>
+ will be stored as the EFI default/fallback loader at
+ <filename><replaceable>ESP</replaceable>/EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI</filename>. The boot loader is then added to the
+ top of the firmware's boot loader list.</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
+ available 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>. The boot
+ loader is then added to end of the firmware's boot loader list if missing.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>remove</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Removes all installed versions of <command>systemd-boot</command> from the EFI system partition
+ and the firmware's boot loader list.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>list</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Shows all available boot loader entries implementing the <ulink
+ url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot Loader
+ Specification</ulink>, as well as any other entries discovered or automatically generated by the boot
+ loader.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>set-default</option> <replaceable>ID</replaceable></term>
+ <term><option>set-oneshot</option> <replaceable>ID</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Sets the default boot loader entry. Takes a single boot loader entry ID string as argument. The
+ <option>set-oneshot</option> command will set the default entry only for the next boot, the
+ <option>set-default</option> will set it persistently for all future boots.</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>Environment</title>
+ <para>If <varname>$SYSTEMD_RELAX_ESP_CHECKS=1</varname> is set the validation checks for the ESP are relaxed, and
+ the path specified with <option>--path=</option> may refer to any kind of file system on any kind of
+ partition.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot Loader Specification</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_INTERFACE">Boot Loader Interface</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>