<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>systemd-tmpfiles <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">CONFIGURATION FILE</arg></command>
+ <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>CONFIGFILE</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename></para>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> creates,
- deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and
+ 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>
+ 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 filenames 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>
+ all configuration directories as specified in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ are searched for a matching file.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-h</option></term>
+ <term><option>--help</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Prints a short help
+ text and exits.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--version</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Prints a short version
+ string and exits.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--create</option></term>
- <listitem><para>If this option is passed, all
- files and directories marked with f,
- F, d, D in the configuration files are
- created. Files and directories marked with z,
- Z have their ownership, access mode and security
- labels set.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>If this option is
+ passed, all files and directories
+ marked with <varname>f</varname>,
+ <varname>F</varname>,
+ <varname>w</varname>,
+ <varname>d</varname>,
+ <varname>D</varname>,
+ <varname>p</varname>,
+ <varname>L</varname>,
+ <varname>c</varname>,
+ <varname>b</varname>,
+ <varname>m</varname> in the
+ configuration files are created or
+ written to. Files and directories
+ marked with <varname>z</varname>,
+ <varname>Z</varname>,
+ <varname>m</varname> have their
+ ownership, access mode and security
+ labels set. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--remove</option></term>
<listitem><para>If this option is
- passed, all files and directories marked
- with r, R in the configuration files
- are removed.</para></listitem>
+ passed, all files and directories
+ marked with <varname>r</varname>,
+ <varname>R</varname> in the
+ configuration files are
+ removed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--boot</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Also execute lines
+ with an exclamation mark.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--prefix=PATH</option></term>
prefix. This option can be specified
multiple times.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--help</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short help
- text and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
</variablelist>
<para>It is possible to combine
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
- <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
code otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>