ram-sentinel 0.2.0

A surgical OOM prevention daemon for Linux desktops. Configurably monitors RAM, swap, and/or PSI (Pressure Stall Information) to selectively kill low-priority processes (e.g., browser tabs) before the system freezes.
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use std::env;
use std::path::PathBuf;

pub fn get_systemd_unit() -> String {
    let path_result: Result<PathBuf, std::io::Error> = env::current_exe();

    let exec_start_path = match path_result {
        Ok(path_buf) => format!("ExecStart={}", path_buf.to_string_lossy().into_owned()),
        Err(_e) => {
            let fallback_path =
                "# Ensure this path is correct\nExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ram-sentinel";
            fallback_path.to_owned()
        }
    };
    let unit_file_content: String = format!(
        r#"[Unit]
Description=RAM Sentinel - OOM Prevention Daemon
Documentation=https://github.com/benedictjohannes/ram-sentinel
After=graphical-session.target

[Service]
Type=simple
{}
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
# Unprivileged users cannot usually set negative Nice/OOMScore to run with highest priority.
# To properly use these settings, check /etc/security/limits.conf and journalctl logs.
# Nice=-10
# OOMScoreAdjust=-1000

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
"#,
        exec_start_path,
    );
    unit_file_content
}