- directories, based on the configuration from
- <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename>. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more details on these files.</para>
-
- <para>If invoked with no arguments applies all
- directives from all configuration files in
- <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename>. If one or
- more absolute file names are passed on the command
- line only the directives in these files are
- applied.</para>
+ directories, based on the configuration file format and
+ location specified in <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para>If invoked with no arguments, it applies all
+ directives from all configuration files. If one or
+ more file names are passed on the command line, only
+ the directives in these files are applied. If only
+ the basename of a configuration file is specified,
+ all configuration directories as specified in <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry> are searched for a matching file.</para>