units: add generic service for attaching a file to a loopback device
This is mostly just a friendly unit wrapper around "systemd-dissect --attach". This is useful so that we can automatically attach disk images as block device at boot.
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
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<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
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<refentry id="systemd-loop_.service">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>systemd-loop@.service</title>
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<productname>systemd</productname>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>systemd-loop@.service</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>systemd-loop@.service</refname>
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<refpurpose>Attach a loopback block device</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<para><filename>systemd-loop@<replaceable>path</replaceable>.service</filename></para>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><filename>systemd-loop@.service</filename> is a template service that may be used to automatically
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attach a loopback block device at boot (or later). Its instance string may reference an (escaped) file
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system path pointing to a disk image to attach as loopback block device. Use
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-escape</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
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<option>--path</option> to properly escape a file system path.</para>
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<para>This unit invokes <command>systemd-dissect --attach --quiet --loop-ref-auto</command> on the
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specified files, see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-dissect</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
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details.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para><simplelist type="inline">
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<member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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<member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-dissect</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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<member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-import-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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</simplelist></para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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