Should I put my systemd [Install] section in my .path file or my .service file?
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Configuring systemd to redeploy my service when I commit a new source .jar file, I have a path file that goes along with the service and uses a PathChanged directive. The [Install] section should be in the path file, not the service file, but I notice this makes “systemctl enable MYAPP” impossible. It turns out that enable MYAPP assumes you mean MYAPP.service, so you actually just do systemctl enable MYAPP.path and you’re set.
[Unit]
Wants=myapp.service
[Path]
PathChanged=/srv/webapps/myapp/myapp.jar
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
