alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
directories they reside, to guarantee that a specific
configuration file takes precedence over another file
- with an alphabetically later name</para>
+ with an alphabetically later name.</para>
<para>If the administrator wants to disable a
configuration file supplied by the vendor the
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>w</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Write the argument parameter to a file, if it exists.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Write the argument parameter to a file, if the file exists.
+ Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal path
+ names. The argument parameter will be written without a trailing
+ newline. C-style backslash escapes are interpreted.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
effect of r or R lines. Lines
of this type accept
shell-style globs in place of
- of normal path
+ normal path
+ names.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>X</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Ignore a path
+ during cleanup. Use this type
+ to prevent path removal as
+ controlled with the Age parameter.
+ Note that if path is a directory,
+ content of a directory is not
+ excluded from clean-up, only
+ directory itself. Lines of this
+ type accept shell-style globs
+ in place of normal path
names.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>If multiple integers and units are specified the time
- values are summed up.</para>
+ values are summed up. If an integer is given without a unit,
+ s is assumed.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>When the age is set to zero, the files are cleaned
+ unconditionally.</para>
<para>The age field only applies to lines starting with
d, D and x. If omitted or set to - no automatic clean-up
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>