X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Ftmpfiles.d.xml;h=1cf899226a29bea564ed529110b644e77ee730a8;hb=1731e34a4ebddf6e1247ad252c7a45c2c1163f42;hp=58ac995a18a0afda8d54bf263eb0aa299a06dab4;hpb=1e44448168ff26ff391af83bf67d5bcc3ca368bc;p=elogind.git diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml index 58ac995a1..1cf899226 100644 --- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml +++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Configuration Format Each configuration file shall be named in the - style of <program>.conf. + style of <package>.conf. Files in /etc/ override files with the same name in /usr/lib/ and /run/. Files in @@ -79,13 +79,14 @@ administrator, who may use this logic to override the configuration files installed by vendor packages. All configuration files are sorted by their filename in - 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. + lexicographic order, regardless in which of the + directories they reside. 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. If the administrator wants to disable a - configuration file supplied by the vendor the + configuration file supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink to /dev/null in /etc/tmpfiles.d/ bearing the @@ -99,8 +100,12 @@ d /run/user 0755 root root 10d - L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null + Type + + The following line types are understood: + f @@ -232,15 +237,66 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null + + Path + + The file system path specification supports simple specifier + expansion. The following expansions are + understood: + + + Specifiers available + + + + + + + Specifier + Meaning + Details + + + + + %m + Machine ID + The machine ID of the running system, formatted as string. See machine-id5 for more information. + + + %b + Boot ID + The boot ID of the running system, formatted as string. See random4 for more information. + + + %H + Host name + The hostname of the running system. + + + %v + Kernel release + Identical to uname -r output. + + + %% + Escaped % + Single percent sign. + + + +
+ + Mode The file access mode to use when creating this file or directory. If omitted or - when set to - the default is used: 0755 for + when set to -, the default is used: 0755 for directories, 0644 for all other file - objects. For z, Z lines if omitted or when set - to - the file access mode will not be + objects. For z, Z lines, if omitted or when set + to -, the file access mode will not be modified. This parameter is ignored for x, r, R, L lines. @@ -251,8 +307,8 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null 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 (root) - is used. For z, Z lines when omitted or when set to - + omitted or when set to -, the default 0 (root) + is used. For z, Z lines, when omitted or when set to -, the file ownership will not be modified. These parameters are ignored for x, r, R, L lines. @@ -262,7 +318,7 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null 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 - time minus the age field it is deleted. The + time minus the age field, it is deleted. The field format is a series of integers each followed by one of the following postfixes for the respective time units: @@ -279,7 +335,7 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null us - If multiple integers and units are specified the time + If multiple integers and units are specified, the time values are summed up. If an integer is given without a unit, s is assumed. @@ -288,11 +344,11 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null unconditionally. The age field only applies to lines starting with - d, D and x. If omitted or set to - no automatic clean-up + d, D and x. If omitted or set to -, no automatic clean-up is done. If the age field starts with a tilde - character (~) the clean-up is only applied to + character (~), the clean-up is only applied to files and directories one level inside the directory specified, but not the files and directories immediately inside it.