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From: Sebastian Wells <sebastian@here.com.invalid>
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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 06:27:37 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 05:56:19 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Sun, 19 May 2024 09:37:28 -0000 (UTC), Sebastian wrote:
> 
>> One thing you can't do with Systemd is write a simple shell script that
>> runs when the system finishes booting, without having to learn any of
>> the ins and outs of Systemd.
> 
> Sure you can. Just have a “WantedBy” dependency in your service
> definition on whichever target represents the state you want the script
> to run in,
> e.g. “multi-user.target” for normal system operation.

Figuring out which "target" is the right one, and then how to write
a "WantedBy dependency" would constitute "learning any of the ins and outs
of Systemd". It's way more involved than the process of using 
/etc/rc.local is on a SysVInit system.