SYSTEMD-LOOP@.SERVICE(8)

💅 systemd-loop@.service(8) — the manual page, but make it cute

okay bestie, so this is the systemd-loop@.service page from the systemd-loop@.service manual, and honestly? it's a short one, but it's iconic. let's get into it. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

systemd-loop@.service — attach a loopback block device 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

systemd-loop@path.service

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so systemd-loop@.service is a template service, which means it's the blueprint and you're the one filling in the blanks, periodt. you can use it to automatically attach a loopback block device at boot (or later, no pressure, whenever you feel like it 💅).

its instance string may reference an (escaped) file system path pointing to a disk image that you wanna attach as a loopback block device. and listen — if you're gonna escape a file system path, use systemd-escape(1)'s --path, okay? do it properly. that's the whole point of that flag. 🔥

this unit invokes systemd-dissect --attach --quiet --loop-ref-auto on the specified files, so if you wanna know the details, go read systemd-dissect(1). iykyk 🧚

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

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

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate it up fr fr 💖 this was brought to you by systemd 262.1, which is the version of the systemd-loop@.service manual you just read — go attach a loopback device, you main character. 🫶🌸