<refnamediv>
<refname>tmpfiles.d</refname>
- <refpurpose>configuration for creation, deletion and cleaning of tmpfiles</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Configuration for creation, deletion and cleaning of temporary and volatile files</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<filename>/var/run</filename> or
<filename>/tmp</filename>). Each configuration file
is named in the style of
- <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/<program>.conf</filename></para>
+ <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/<program>.conf</filename>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
containing action, mode, ownership and age
fields:</para>
- <programlisting>type path mode uid gid age
+ <programlisting>Type Path Mode UID GID Age
d /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
<refsect2>
- <title>mode</title>
-
- <para>The file access mode to use for this
- file or directory. If ommited or when set to -
- the default is used: 0755 for directories,
- 0644 for files.</para>
- </refsect2>
-
- <refsect2>
- <title>uid, gid</title>
-
- <para>The user and group to use for this file
- or directory. This may either be a numeric
- user/group ID or a user or group name. If
- ommited or when set to - the default 0 is
- used.</para>
- </refsect2>
-
- <refsect2>
- <title>type</title>
+ <title>Type</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>f</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>create a file if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Create a file if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>F</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>create or truncate a file</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Create or truncate a file</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>d</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>create a directory if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Create a directory if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>D</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>create or empty a directory</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Create or empty a directory</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>x</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>ignore a path</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Ignore a path</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>r</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>remove a path</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Remove a path</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>R</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>recursively remove a path</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Recursively remove a path</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
- <title>age</title>
+ <title>Mode</title>
+
+ <para>The file access mode to use for this
+ file or directory. If omitted or when set to -
+ the default is used: 0755 for directories,
+ 0644 for files.</para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>UID, GID</title>
+
+ <para>The user and group to use for this file
+ or directory. This may either be a numeric
+ user/group ID or a user or group name. If
+ omitted or when set to - the default 0 is
+ used.</para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>Age</title>
<para>The date field, when set, is used to
decide what files to delete when cleaning. If
a file or directory is older than the current
<para>If multiple integers and units are specified the time values are summed up.</para>
- <para>The age field only applies to lines starting with d, D and x. If ommited or set to - no automatic clean-up is done.</para>
+ <para>The age field only applies to lines starting with d, D and x. If omitted or set to - no automatic clean-up is done.</para>
</refsect2>