How to run a script with systemd right before shutdown?

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What do I need to put in the [install] section, so that systemd runs /home/me/so.pl right before shutdown and also before /proc/self/net/dev gets destroyed?



[Unit]
Description=Log Traffic

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/me/so.pl

[Install]
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    [Unit]
    Description=Log Traffic

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    ExecStart=/home/me/so.pl

    [Install]
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      What do I need to put in the [install] section, so that systemd runs /home/me/so.pl right before shutdown and also before /proc/self/net/dev gets destroyed?



      [Unit]
      Description=Log Traffic

      [Service]
      ExecStart=/home/me/so.pl

      [Install]
      ?









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      What do I need to put in the [install] section, so that systemd runs /home/me/so.pl right before shutdown and also before /proc/self/net/dev gets destroyed?



      [Unit]
      Description=Log Traffic

      [Service]
      ExecStart=/home/me/so.pl

      [Install]
      ?






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          The suggested solution is to run the service unit as a normal service - have a look at the [Install] section. So everything has to be thought reverse, dependencies too. Because the shutdown order is the reverse startup order. That's why the script has to be placed in ExecStop=.



          The following solution is working for me:



          [Unit]
          Description=...

          [Service]
          Type=oneshot
          RemainAfterExit=true
          ExecStop=<your script/program>

          [Install]
          WantedBy=multi-user.target


          RemainAfterExit=true is needed when you don't have an ExecStart action.



          After creating the file, make sure to systemctl daemon-reload and systemctl enable yourservice --now.



          I just got it from systemd IRC, credits are going to mezcalero.






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            At ubuntu 16.04 you must have a ExecStart=/bin/true.
            – niels
            Dec 29 '16 at 20:50






          • 2




            My assumption to WHY RemainAfterExit=true is required when there is no ExecStart is because systemd will not attempt to run ExecStop if it thinks that the service is not running. RemainAfterExit=true causes systemd to believe that the service is running, thereby causing it to run ExecStop at shutdown.
            – Felipe Alvarez
            Jun 15 '17 at 0:30







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            Is there anyway to ensure this script will run and complete before user sessions and user processes are terminated?
            – richmb
            Oct 19 '17 at 13:19










          • @richmb Not at all. From the docs: Note that it is usually not sufficient to specify a command for this setting that only asks the service to terminate (for example, by queuing some form of termination signal for it), but does not wait for it to do so.
            – svenwltr
            Nov 30 '17 at 11:19










          • I've tried this and various iterations on it but it does not work on Debian Stretch.
            – 2rs2ts
            Sep 21 at 1:02

















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          As far as I can see this does what I need (but I don't know exactly why).



          [Unit]
          Description=Log Traffic
          DefaultDependencies=no
          Before=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target


          [Service]
          ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/perl /home/me/log_traffic.pl --stop
          Type=oneshot





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            It happens to work because of 2 things: 1) DefaultDependencies=no makes it ignores all dependencies and run "at first" on start and "at last" on stop, always respecting "Before" and "After" clauses. 2) It happens to have a Before clause on shutdown/reboot/halt targets, so it will run just before shutdown/reboot/halt is reached on stop (because they only run on stop it happens to do what you want).
            – RDP
            Jan 29 '16 at 1:01











          • You may want to add kexec.target to the Before bit
            – ntzrmtthihu777
            Mar 26 '16 at 11:11










          • This doesn't work for me
            – Bug Killer
            Sep 7 '16 at 1:50










          • I don't see how this will work unless you also add WantedBy=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target to the [Unit] section. Before= & After= don't change dependencies.
            – rsaw
            Sep 8 '16 at 15:57






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            @FelipeAlvarez: I have removed my comment.
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            Jun 22 at 4:07

















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          I am not totally sure but i don't think you need the install part though i added it explicitly. I also didn't test it but i think it should help you get started:



          [Unit]
          Description=Log Traffic
          Requires=network.target
          After=network.target
          Before=shutdown.target
          DefaultDependencies=no

          [Service]
          ExecStart=/home/me/so.pl
          Type=oneshot
          RemainAfterExit=yes

          [Install]
          WantedBy=shutdown.target





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          • When I try this the script gets executed soon after the start (boot).
            – sid_com
            May 24 '12 at 8:05










          • @sid_com After reading thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.systemd.devel/4515/… try to add DefaultDependencies=no and maybe remove the install section. Otherwise it may help to remote the after/requires lines.
            – Ulrich Dangel
            May 24 '12 at 11:56


















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          To run a service right before starting any of reboot/shutdown/halt/kexec services (i.e. in the last moment before root filesystem becomes remounted read-only) use this service config:



          [Unit]
          Description=Save system clock on shutdown
          DefaultDependencies=no
          After=final.target

          [Service]
          Type=oneshot
          ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/fake-hwclock.sh save

          [Install]
          WantedBy=final.target


          Enable it with:



          systemctl enable my_service.service


          To run a script right before actual reboot/shutdown/halt/kexec (when you cannot write to the root filesystem, because it was remounted read-only) add this script executable to the /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown directory.




          Immediately before executing the actual system halt/poweroff/reboot/kexec systemd-shutdown will run all executables in /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown/ and pass one arguments to them: either "halt", "poweroff", "reboot" or "kexec", depending on the chosen action. All executables in this directory are executed in parallel, and execution of the action is not continued before all executables finished.




          See:



          https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/bootup.html



          https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-halt.service.html





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            The suggested solution is to run the service unit as a normal service - have a look at the [Install] section. So everything has to be thought reverse, dependencies too. Because the shutdown order is the reverse startup order. That's why the script has to be placed in ExecStop=.



            The following solution is working for me:



            [Unit]
            Description=...

            [Service]
            Type=oneshot
            RemainAfterExit=true
            ExecStop=<your script/program>

            [Install]
            WantedBy=multi-user.target


            RemainAfterExit=true is needed when you don't have an ExecStart action.



            After creating the file, make sure to systemctl daemon-reload and systemctl enable yourservice --now.



            I just got it from systemd IRC, credits are going to mezcalero.






            share|improve this answer


















            • 6




              At ubuntu 16.04 you must have a ExecStart=/bin/true.
              – niels
              Dec 29 '16 at 20:50






            • 2




              My assumption to WHY RemainAfterExit=true is required when there is no ExecStart is because systemd will not attempt to run ExecStop if it thinks that the service is not running. RemainAfterExit=true causes systemd to believe that the service is running, thereby causing it to run ExecStop at shutdown.
              – Felipe Alvarez
              Jun 15 '17 at 0:30







            • 1




              Is there anyway to ensure this script will run and complete before user sessions and user processes are terminated?
              – richmb
              Oct 19 '17 at 13:19










            • @richmb Not at all. From the docs: Note that it is usually not sufficient to specify a command for this setting that only asks the service to terminate (for example, by queuing some form of termination signal for it), but does not wait for it to do so.
              – svenwltr
              Nov 30 '17 at 11:19










            • I've tried this and various iterations on it but it does not work on Debian Stretch.
              – 2rs2ts
              Sep 21 at 1:02














            up vote
            53
            down vote



            accepted










            The suggested solution is to run the service unit as a normal service - have a look at the [Install] section. So everything has to be thought reverse, dependencies too. Because the shutdown order is the reverse startup order. That's why the script has to be placed in ExecStop=.



            The following solution is working for me:



            [Unit]
            Description=...

            [Service]
            Type=oneshot
            RemainAfterExit=true
            ExecStop=<your script/program>

            [Install]
            WantedBy=multi-user.target


            RemainAfterExit=true is needed when you don't have an ExecStart action.



            After creating the file, make sure to systemctl daemon-reload and systemctl enable yourservice --now.



            I just got it from systemd IRC, credits are going to mezcalero.






            share|improve this answer


















            • 6




              At ubuntu 16.04 you must have a ExecStart=/bin/true.
              – niels
              Dec 29 '16 at 20:50






            • 2




              My assumption to WHY RemainAfterExit=true is required when there is no ExecStart is because systemd will not attempt to run ExecStop if it thinks that the service is not running. RemainAfterExit=true causes systemd to believe that the service is running, thereby causing it to run ExecStop at shutdown.
              – Felipe Alvarez
              Jun 15 '17 at 0:30







            • 1




              Is there anyway to ensure this script will run and complete before user sessions and user processes are terminated?
              – richmb
              Oct 19 '17 at 13:19










            • @richmb Not at all. From the docs: Note that it is usually not sufficient to specify a command for this setting that only asks the service to terminate (for example, by queuing some form of termination signal for it), but does not wait for it to do so.
              – svenwltr
              Nov 30 '17 at 11:19










            • I've tried this and various iterations on it but it does not work on Debian Stretch.
              – 2rs2ts
              Sep 21 at 1:02












            up vote
            53
            down vote



            accepted







            up vote
            53
            down vote



            accepted






            The suggested solution is to run the service unit as a normal service - have a look at the [Install] section. So everything has to be thought reverse, dependencies too. Because the shutdown order is the reverse startup order. That's why the script has to be placed in ExecStop=.



            The following solution is working for me:



            [Unit]
            Description=...

            [Service]
            Type=oneshot
            RemainAfterExit=true
            ExecStop=<your script/program>

            [Install]
            WantedBy=multi-user.target


            RemainAfterExit=true is needed when you don't have an ExecStart action.



            After creating the file, make sure to systemctl daemon-reload and systemctl enable yourservice --now.



            I just got it from systemd IRC, credits are going to mezcalero.






            share|improve this answer














            The suggested solution is to run the service unit as a normal service - have a look at the [Install] section. So everything has to be thought reverse, dependencies too. Because the shutdown order is the reverse startup order. That's why the script has to be placed in ExecStop=.



            The following solution is working for me:



            [Unit]
            Description=...

            [Service]
            Type=oneshot
            RemainAfterExit=true
            ExecStop=<your script/program>

            [Install]
            WantedBy=multi-user.target


            RemainAfterExit=true is needed when you don't have an ExecStart action.



            After creating the file, make sure to systemctl daemon-reload and systemctl enable yourservice --now.



            I just got it from systemd IRC, credits are going to mezcalero.







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            • 6




              At ubuntu 16.04 you must have a ExecStart=/bin/true.
              – niels
              Dec 29 '16 at 20:50






            • 2




              My assumption to WHY RemainAfterExit=true is required when there is no ExecStart is because systemd will not attempt to run ExecStop if it thinks that the service is not running. RemainAfterExit=true causes systemd to believe that the service is running, thereby causing it to run ExecStop at shutdown.
              – Felipe Alvarez
              Jun 15 '17 at 0:30







            • 1




              Is there anyway to ensure this script will run and complete before user sessions and user processes are terminated?
              – richmb
              Oct 19 '17 at 13:19










            • @richmb Not at all. From the docs: Note that it is usually not sufficient to specify a command for this setting that only asks the service to terminate (for example, by queuing some form of termination signal for it), but does not wait for it to do so.
              – svenwltr
              Nov 30 '17 at 11:19










            • I've tried this and various iterations on it but it does not work on Debian Stretch.
              – 2rs2ts
              Sep 21 at 1:02












            • 6




              At ubuntu 16.04 you must have a ExecStart=/bin/true.
              – niels
              Dec 29 '16 at 20:50






            • 2




              My assumption to WHY RemainAfterExit=true is required when there is no ExecStart is because systemd will not attempt to run ExecStop if it thinks that the service is not running. RemainAfterExit=true causes systemd to believe that the service is running, thereby causing it to run ExecStop at shutdown.
              – Felipe Alvarez
              Jun 15 '17 at 0:30







            • 1




              Is there anyway to ensure this script will run and complete before user sessions and user processes are terminated?
              – richmb
              Oct 19 '17 at 13:19










            • @richmb Not at all. From the docs: Note that it is usually not sufficient to specify a command for this setting that only asks the service to terminate (for example, by queuing some form of termination signal for it), but does not wait for it to do so.
              – svenwltr
              Nov 30 '17 at 11:19










            • I've tried this and various iterations on it but it does not work on Debian Stretch.
              – 2rs2ts
              Sep 21 at 1:02







            6




            6




            At ubuntu 16.04 you must have a ExecStart=/bin/true.
            – niels
            Dec 29 '16 at 20:50




            At ubuntu 16.04 you must have a ExecStart=/bin/true.
            – niels
            Dec 29 '16 at 20:50




            2




            2




            My assumption to WHY RemainAfterExit=true is required when there is no ExecStart is because systemd will not attempt to run ExecStop if it thinks that the service is not running. RemainAfterExit=true causes systemd to believe that the service is running, thereby causing it to run ExecStop at shutdown.
            – Felipe Alvarez
            Jun 15 '17 at 0:30





            My assumption to WHY RemainAfterExit=true is required when there is no ExecStart is because systemd will not attempt to run ExecStop if it thinks that the service is not running. RemainAfterExit=true causes systemd to believe that the service is running, thereby causing it to run ExecStop at shutdown.
            – Felipe Alvarez
            Jun 15 '17 at 0:30





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            Is there anyway to ensure this script will run and complete before user sessions and user processes are terminated?
            – richmb
            Oct 19 '17 at 13:19




            Is there anyway to ensure this script will run and complete before user sessions and user processes are terminated?
            – richmb
            Oct 19 '17 at 13:19












            @richmb Not at all. From the docs: Note that it is usually not sufficient to specify a command for this setting that only asks the service to terminate (for example, by queuing some form of termination signal for it), but does not wait for it to do so.
            – svenwltr
            Nov 30 '17 at 11:19




            @richmb Not at all. From the docs: Note that it is usually not sufficient to specify a command for this setting that only asks the service to terminate (for example, by queuing some form of termination signal for it), but does not wait for it to do so.
            – svenwltr
            Nov 30 '17 at 11:19












            I've tried this and various iterations on it but it does not work on Debian Stretch.
            – 2rs2ts
            Sep 21 at 1:02




            I've tried this and various iterations on it but it does not work on Debian Stretch.
            – 2rs2ts
            Sep 21 at 1:02












            up vote
            7
            down vote













            As far as I can see this does what I need (but I don't know exactly why).



            [Unit]
            Description=Log Traffic
            DefaultDependencies=no
            Before=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target


            [Service]
            ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/perl /home/me/log_traffic.pl --stop
            Type=oneshot





            share|improve this answer


















            • 3




              It happens to work because of 2 things: 1) DefaultDependencies=no makes it ignores all dependencies and run "at first" on start and "at last" on stop, always respecting "Before" and "After" clauses. 2) It happens to have a Before clause on shutdown/reboot/halt targets, so it will run just before shutdown/reboot/halt is reached on stop (because they only run on stop it happens to do what you want).
              – RDP
              Jan 29 '16 at 1:01











            • You may want to add kexec.target to the Before bit
              – ntzrmtthihu777
              Mar 26 '16 at 11:11










            • This doesn't work for me
              – Bug Killer
              Sep 7 '16 at 1:50










            • I don't see how this will work unless you also add WantedBy=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target to the [Unit] section. Before= & After= don't change dependencies.
              – rsaw
              Sep 8 '16 at 15:57






            • 1




              @FelipeAlvarez: I have removed my comment.
              – sid_com
              Jun 22 at 4:07














            up vote
            7
            down vote













            As far as I can see this does what I need (but I don't know exactly why).



            [Unit]
            Description=Log Traffic
            DefaultDependencies=no
            Before=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target


            [Service]
            ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/perl /home/me/log_traffic.pl --stop
            Type=oneshot





            share|improve this answer


















            • 3




              It happens to work because of 2 things: 1) DefaultDependencies=no makes it ignores all dependencies and run "at first" on start and "at last" on stop, always respecting "Before" and "After" clauses. 2) It happens to have a Before clause on shutdown/reboot/halt targets, so it will run just before shutdown/reboot/halt is reached on stop (because they only run on stop it happens to do what you want).
              – RDP
              Jan 29 '16 at 1:01











            • You may want to add kexec.target to the Before bit
              – ntzrmtthihu777
              Mar 26 '16 at 11:11










            • This doesn't work for me
              – Bug Killer
              Sep 7 '16 at 1:50










            • I don't see how this will work unless you also add WantedBy=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target to the [Unit] section. Before= & After= don't change dependencies.
              – rsaw
              Sep 8 '16 at 15:57






            • 1




              @FelipeAlvarez: I have removed my comment.
              – sid_com
              Jun 22 at 4:07












            up vote
            7
            down vote










            up vote
            7
            down vote









            As far as I can see this does what I need (but I don't know exactly why).



            [Unit]
            Description=Log Traffic
            DefaultDependencies=no
            Before=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target


            [Service]
            ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/perl /home/me/log_traffic.pl --stop
            Type=oneshot





            share|improve this answer














            As far as I can see this does what I need (but I don't know exactly why).



            [Unit]
            Description=Log Traffic
            DefaultDependencies=no
            Before=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target


            [Service]
            ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/perl /home/me/log_traffic.pl --stop
            Type=oneshot






            share|improve this answer














            share|improve this answer



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            edited Jun 25 '15 at 13:35









            Tshepang

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            answered May 29 '12 at 13:57









            sid_com

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            • 3




              It happens to work because of 2 things: 1) DefaultDependencies=no makes it ignores all dependencies and run "at first" on start and "at last" on stop, always respecting "Before" and "After" clauses. 2) It happens to have a Before clause on shutdown/reboot/halt targets, so it will run just before shutdown/reboot/halt is reached on stop (because they only run on stop it happens to do what you want).
              – RDP
              Jan 29 '16 at 1:01











            • You may want to add kexec.target to the Before bit
              – ntzrmtthihu777
              Mar 26 '16 at 11:11










            • This doesn't work for me
              – Bug Killer
              Sep 7 '16 at 1:50










            • I don't see how this will work unless you also add WantedBy=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target to the [Unit] section. Before= & After= don't change dependencies.
              – rsaw
              Sep 8 '16 at 15:57






            • 1




              @FelipeAlvarez: I have removed my comment.
              – sid_com
              Jun 22 at 4:07












            • 3




              It happens to work because of 2 things: 1) DefaultDependencies=no makes it ignores all dependencies and run "at first" on start and "at last" on stop, always respecting "Before" and "After" clauses. 2) It happens to have a Before clause on shutdown/reboot/halt targets, so it will run just before shutdown/reboot/halt is reached on stop (because they only run on stop it happens to do what you want).
              – RDP
              Jan 29 '16 at 1:01











            • You may want to add kexec.target to the Before bit
              – ntzrmtthihu777
              Mar 26 '16 at 11:11










            • This doesn't work for me
              – Bug Killer
              Sep 7 '16 at 1:50










            • I don't see how this will work unless you also add WantedBy=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target to the [Unit] section. Before= & After= don't change dependencies.
              – rsaw
              Sep 8 '16 at 15:57






            • 1




              @FelipeAlvarez: I have removed my comment.
              – sid_com
              Jun 22 at 4:07







            3




            3




            It happens to work because of 2 things: 1) DefaultDependencies=no makes it ignores all dependencies and run "at first" on start and "at last" on stop, always respecting "Before" and "After" clauses. 2) It happens to have a Before clause on shutdown/reboot/halt targets, so it will run just before shutdown/reboot/halt is reached on stop (because they only run on stop it happens to do what you want).
            – RDP
            Jan 29 '16 at 1:01





            It happens to work because of 2 things: 1) DefaultDependencies=no makes it ignores all dependencies and run "at first" on start and "at last" on stop, always respecting "Before" and "After" clauses. 2) It happens to have a Before clause on shutdown/reboot/halt targets, so it will run just before shutdown/reboot/halt is reached on stop (because they only run on stop it happens to do what you want).
            – RDP
            Jan 29 '16 at 1:01













            You may want to add kexec.target to the Before bit
            – ntzrmtthihu777
            Mar 26 '16 at 11:11




            You may want to add kexec.target to the Before bit
            – ntzrmtthihu777
            Mar 26 '16 at 11:11












            This doesn't work for me
            – Bug Killer
            Sep 7 '16 at 1:50




            This doesn't work for me
            – Bug Killer
            Sep 7 '16 at 1:50












            I don't see how this will work unless you also add WantedBy=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target to the [Unit] section. Before= & After= don't change dependencies.
            – rsaw
            Sep 8 '16 at 15:57




            I don't see how this will work unless you also add WantedBy=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target to the [Unit] section. Before= & After= don't change dependencies.
            – rsaw
            Sep 8 '16 at 15:57




            1




            1




            @FelipeAlvarez: I have removed my comment.
            – sid_com
            Jun 22 at 4:07




            @FelipeAlvarez: I have removed my comment.
            – sid_com
            Jun 22 at 4:07










            up vote
            3
            down vote













            I am not totally sure but i don't think you need the install part though i added it explicitly. I also didn't test it but i think it should help you get started:



            [Unit]
            Description=Log Traffic
            Requires=network.target
            After=network.target
            Before=shutdown.target
            DefaultDependencies=no

            [Service]
            ExecStart=/home/me/so.pl
            Type=oneshot
            RemainAfterExit=yes

            [Install]
            WantedBy=shutdown.target





            share|improve this answer






















            • When I try this the script gets executed soon after the start (boot).
              – sid_com
              May 24 '12 at 8:05










            • @sid_com After reading thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.systemd.devel/4515/… try to add DefaultDependencies=no and maybe remove the install section. Otherwise it may help to remote the after/requires lines.
              – Ulrich Dangel
              May 24 '12 at 11:56















            up vote
            3
            down vote













            I am not totally sure but i don't think you need the install part though i added it explicitly. I also didn't test it but i think it should help you get started:



            [Unit]
            Description=Log Traffic
            Requires=network.target
            After=network.target
            Before=shutdown.target
            DefaultDependencies=no

            [Service]
            ExecStart=/home/me/so.pl
            Type=oneshot
            RemainAfterExit=yes

            [Install]
            WantedBy=shutdown.target





            share|improve this answer






















            • When I try this the script gets executed soon after the start (boot).
              – sid_com
              May 24 '12 at 8:05










            • @sid_com After reading thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.systemd.devel/4515/… try to add DefaultDependencies=no and maybe remove the install section. Otherwise it may help to remote the after/requires lines.
              – Ulrich Dangel
              May 24 '12 at 11:56













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            I am not totally sure but i don't think you need the install part though i added it explicitly. I also didn't test it but i think it should help you get started:



            [Unit]
            Description=Log Traffic
            Requires=network.target
            After=network.target
            Before=shutdown.target
            DefaultDependencies=no

            [Service]
            ExecStart=/home/me/so.pl
            Type=oneshot
            RemainAfterExit=yes

            [Install]
            WantedBy=shutdown.target





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            I am not totally sure but i don't think you need the install part though i added it explicitly. I also didn't test it but i think it should help you get started:



            [Unit]
            Description=Log Traffic
            Requires=network.target
            After=network.target
            Before=shutdown.target
            DefaultDependencies=no

            [Service]
            ExecStart=/home/me/so.pl
            Type=oneshot
            RemainAfterExit=yes

            [Install]
            WantedBy=shutdown.target






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            answered May 24 '12 at 4:42









            Ulrich Dangel

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            • When I try this the script gets executed soon after the start (boot).
              – sid_com
              May 24 '12 at 8:05










            • @sid_com After reading thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.systemd.devel/4515/… try to add DefaultDependencies=no and maybe remove the install section. Otherwise it may help to remote the after/requires lines.
              – Ulrich Dangel
              May 24 '12 at 11:56

















            • When I try this the script gets executed soon after the start (boot).
              – sid_com
              May 24 '12 at 8:05










            • @sid_com After reading thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.systemd.devel/4515/… try to add DefaultDependencies=no and maybe remove the install section. Otherwise it may help to remote the after/requires lines.
              – Ulrich Dangel
              May 24 '12 at 11:56
















            When I try this the script gets executed soon after the start (boot).
            – sid_com
            May 24 '12 at 8:05




            When I try this the script gets executed soon after the start (boot).
            – sid_com
            May 24 '12 at 8:05












            @sid_com After reading thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.systemd.devel/4515/… try to add DefaultDependencies=no and maybe remove the install section. Otherwise it may help to remote the after/requires lines.
            – Ulrich Dangel
            May 24 '12 at 11:56





            @sid_com After reading thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.systemd.devel/4515/… try to add DefaultDependencies=no and maybe remove the install section. Otherwise it may help to remote the after/requires lines.
            – Ulrich Dangel
            May 24 '12 at 11:56











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            To run a service right before starting any of reboot/shutdown/halt/kexec services (i.e. in the last moment before root filesystem becomes remounted read-only) use this service config:



            [Unit]
            Description=Save system clock on shutdown
            DefaultDependencies=no
            After=final.target

            [Service]
            Type=oneshot
            ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/fake-hwclock.sh save

            [Install]
            WantedBy=final.target


            Enable it with:



            systemctl enable my_service.service


            To run a script right before actual reboot/shutdown/halt/kexec (when you cannot write to the root filesystem, because it was remounted read-only) add this script executable to the /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown directory.




            Immediately before executing the actual system halt/poweroff/reboot/kexec systemd-shutdown will run all executables in /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown/ and pass one arguments to them: either "halt", "poweroff", "reboot" or "kexec", depending on the chosen action. All executables in this directory are executed in parallel, and execution of the action is not continued before all executables finished.




            See:



            https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/bootup.html



            https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-halt.service.html





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              To run a service right before starting any of reboot/shutdown/halt/kexec services (i.e. in the last moment before root filesystem becomes remounted read-only) use this service config:



              [Unit]
              Description=Save system clock on shutdown
              DefaultDependencies=no
              After=final.target

              [Service]
              Type=oneshot
              ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/fake-hwclock.sh save

              [Install]
              WantedBy=final.target


              Enable it with:



              systemctl enable my_service.service


              To run a script right before actual reboot/shutdown/halt/kexec (when you cannot write to the root filesystem, because it was remounted read-only) add this script executable to the /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown directory.




              Immediately before executing the actual system halt/poweroff/reboot/kexec systemd-shutdown will run all executables in /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown/ and pass one arguments to them: either "halt", "poweroff", "reboot" or "kexec", depending on the chosen action. All executables in this directory are executed in parallel, and execution of the action is not continued before all executables finished.




              See:



              https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/bootup.html



              https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-halt.service.html





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                To run a service right before starting any of reboot/shutdown/halt/kexec services (i.e. in the last moment before root filesystem becomes remounted read-only) use this service config:



                [Unit]
                Description=Save system clock on shutdown
                DefaultDependencies=no
                After=final.target

                [Service]
                Type=oneshot
                ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/fake-hwclock.sh save

                [Install]
                WantedBy=final.target


                Enable it with:



                systemctl enable my_service.service


                To run a script right before actual reboot/shutdown/halt/kexec (when you cannot write to the root filesystem, because it was remounted read-only) add this script executable to the /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown directory.




                Immediately before executing the actual system halt/poweroff/reboot/kexec systemd-shutdown will run all executables in /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown/ and pass one arguments to them: either "halt", "poweroff", "reboot" or "kexec", depending on the chosen action. All executables in this directory are executed in parallel, and execution of the action is not continued before all executables finished.




                See:



                https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/bootup.html



                https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-halt.service.html





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                To run a service right before starting any of reboot/shutdown/halt/kexec services (i.e. in the last moment before root filesystem becomes remounted read-only) use this service config:



                [Unit]
                Description=Save system clock on shutdown
                DefaultDependencies=no
                After=final.target

                [Service]
                Type=oneshot
                ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/fake-hwclock.sh save

                [Install]
                WantedBy=final.target


                Enable it with:



                systemctl enable my_service.service


                To run a script right before actual reboot/shutdown/halt/kexec (when you cannot write to the root filesystem, because it was remounted read-only) add this script executable to the /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown directory.




                Immediately before executing the actual system halt/poweroff/reboot/kexec systemd-shutdown will run all executables in /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown/ and pass one arguments to them: either "halt", "poweroff", "reboot" or "kexec", depending on the chosen action. All executables in this directory are executed in parallel, and execution of the action is not continued before all executables finished.




                See:



                https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/bootup.html



                https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-halt.service.html






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