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swupd-update.service
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Performs an OS update
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:Copyright: \(C) 2017 Intel Corporation, CC-BY-SA-3.0
:Manual section: 4


SYNOPSIS
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``swupd-update.service``

``/usr/lib/systemd/system/swupd-update.service``


DESCRIPTION
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Instructs the ``systemd``\(1) system daemon how to start and control the
``swupd`` service to perform an update.

When this unit runs, the output will be sent to the systemd journal, and
it can be inspected with the ``journalctl``\(1) command.

The user can disable all background updates (either started through
timers or not) by executing the following command:

``systemctl mask swupd-update.service``


ENVIRONMENT
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This unit is a ``systemd``\(1) unit file.


SEE ALSO
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`swupd(1) <swupd.1.html>`__,  `swupd-update.timer(4) <swupd-update.timer.4.html>`__