BOOTCTL(1) - phpMan

BOOTCTL(1) bootctl BOOTCTL(1)

NAME
bootctl - Control the firmware and boot manager settings

SYNOPSIS
bootctl [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND}

DESCRIPTION
bootctl may be used to query or (in the future) change the firmware and boot manager
settings.

Firmware information is available only on EFI systems.

Currently, only the gummiboot(8) boot manager implements the required boot loader
interface to provide complete boot manager information.

OPTIONS
The following options are understood:

-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.

--version
Print a short version string and exit.

The following commands are understood:

status
Show firmware and boot manager information about the system, including secure boot
mode status and selected firmware entry (where available).

EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

SEE ALSO
Boot loader interface[1], Boot loader specification[2], gummiboot[3]

NOTES
1. Boot loader interface
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface

2. Boot loader specification
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec

3. gummiboot
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/gummiboot/

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