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Re:GNU Shepherd by rsync on Saturday June 03, 2017 @12:34PM (#14477120)
"A service file looks like this:"

Am I correct that the equivalent to this service file, in the world of systemd, is a binary file ?

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Re:GNU Shepherd by to3m on Saturday June 03, 2017 @12:39PM (#14477154)
No; the format is text: http://0pointer.de/public/systemd-man/systemd.unit.html
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Re:GNU Shepherd by majewsky on Saturday June 03, 2017 @01:17PM (#14477346)
Maybe an example is easier to read than a manpage. Here's nginx.service from Arch Linux: https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/s...
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Re:GNU Shepherd by BenjiWiebe on Saturday June 03, 2017 @03:01PM (#14477882)
And I personally love it. When writing my own servers/daemons I can very quickly and easily write a new service file for it.
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Re:GNU Shepherd by subway on Saturday June 03, 2017 @12:36PM (#14477134)
You are incorrect. Systems uses plaintext 'ini'-ish files.
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