systemd-loop@.service

systemd

systemd-loop@.service

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systemd-loop@.service

Attach a loopback block device

systemd-loop@path.service

Description

systemd-loop@.service is a template service that may be used to automatically attach a loopback block device at boot (or later). Its instance string may reference an (escaped) file system path pointing to a disk image to attach as loopback block device. Use systemd-escape(1)'s --path to properly escape a file system path.

This unit invokes systemd-dissect --attach --relax --quiet --loop-ref-auto on the specified files, see systemd-dissect(1) for details.

See Also

systemd(1), systemd-dissect(1), systemd-import-generator(8)