Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
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<title>Description</title>
<para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> creates,
- deletes and cleans up volatile ad temporary files and
- 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>
+ deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and
+ 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>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<listitem><para>If this option is passed all
files and directories marked with f,
F, d, D in the configuration files are
- created.</para></listitem>
+ created. Files and directories marked with z,
+ Z have their ownership, access mode and security
+ labels set.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
and <option>--remove</option> in one invocation. For
example, during boot the following command line is
executed to ensure that all temporary and volatile
- directores are removed and created according to the
+ directories are removed and created according to the
configuration file:</para>
- <programlisting>systemctl-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>systemd-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting>
</refsect1>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpwatch</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>