<para>If invoked with no arguments, it applies all
directives from all configuration files. If one or
- more absolute file names are passed on the command
- line only the directives in these files are
- applied.</para>
+ 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>
</refsect1>
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