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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 76cae39aa..1b14d69a9 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -108,8 +108,12 @@
filename in lexicographic order, regardless of which
of the directories they reside in. If multiple files
specify the same path, the entry in the file with the
- lexicographically earliest name will be applied, all
- all other conflicting entries logged as errors.
+ lexicographically earliest name will be applied.
+ All other conflicting entries will be logged as
+ errors. When two lines are prefix and suffix of each
+ other, then the prefix is always processed first, the
+ suffix later. Otherwise, the files/directories are
+ processed in the order they are listed.
If the administrator wants to disable a
configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
@@ -165,27 +169,90 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
p
- Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it does not exist yet.
+ p+
+ Create a named
+ pipe (FIFO) if it does not
+ exist yet. If suffixed with
+ + and a
+ file already exists where the
+ pipe is to be created, it will
+ be removed and be replaced by
+ the pipe.
L
- Create a symlink if it does not exist yet.
+ L+
+ Create a
+ symlink if it does not exist
+ yet. If suffixed with
+ + and a
+ file already exists where the
+ symlink is to be created, it
+ will be removed and be
+ replaced by the
+ symlink. If the argument is omitted,
+ symlinks to files with the same name
+ residing in the directory
+ /usr/share/factory/
+ are created.
c
- Create a character device node if it does not exist yet.
+ c+
+ Create a
+ character device node if it
+ does not exist yet. If
+ suffixed with
+ + and a
+ file already exists where the
+ device node is to be created,
+ it will be removed and be
+ replaced by the device
+ node. It is recommended to suffix this
+ entry with an exclamation mark to only
+ create static device nodes at boot,
+ as udev will not manage static device
+ nodes that are created at runtime.
+
b
- Create a block device node if it does not exist yet.
+ b+
+ Create a block
+ device node if it does not
+ exist yet. If suffixed with
+ + and a
+ file already exists where the
+ device node is to be created,
+ it will be removed and be
+ replaced by the device
+ node. It is recommended to suffix this
+ entry with an exclamation mark to only
+ create static device nodes at boot,
+ as udev will not manage static device
+ nodes that are created at runtime.
+
C
- Recursively copy a file or directory, if the destination files or directories don't exist yet.
+ Recursively
+ copy a file or directory, if
+ the destination files or
+ directories do not exist
+ yet. Note that this command
+ will not descend into
+ subdirectories if the
+ destination directory already
+ exists. Instead, the entire
+ copy operation is
+ skipped. If the argument is omitted,
+ files from the source directory
+ /usr/share/factory/
+ with the same name are copied.
@@ -364,6 +431,22 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock
ignored for x,
r, R,
L lines.
+
+ Optionally, if prefixed with
+ ~, the access mode is masked
+ based on the already set access bits for
+ existing file or directories: if the existing
+ file has all executable bits unset, all
+ executable bits are removed from the new
+ access mode, too. Similarly, if all read bits
+ are removed from the old access mode, they will
+ be removed from the new access mode too, and
+ if all write bits are removed, they will be
+ removed from the new access mode too. In
+ addition, the sticky/SUID/SGID bit is removed unless
+ applied to a directory. This
+ functionality is particularly useful in
+ conjunction with Z.
@@ -443,7 +526,7 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock
and w may be used to
specify a short string that is written to the
file, suffixed by a newline. For
- C specifies the source file
+ C, specifies the source file
or directory. Ignored for all other
lines.