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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 5d4b2ac6d..785264e3c 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -55,39 +55,45 @@
Description
- systemd-tmpfiles uses the
- configuration files from the above directories to describe the
- creation, cleaning and removal of volatile and
- temporary files and directories which usually reside
- in directories such as /run
- or /tmp.
+ systemd-tmpfiles uses the
+ configuration files from the above directories to describe the
+ creation, cleaning and removal of volatile and
+ temporary files and directories which usually reside
+ in directories such as /run
+ or /tmp.
- Configuration Format
-
- Each configuration file is named in the style of
- <program>.conf. Files in
- /etc/ override files with the
- same name in /usr/lib/. Files in
- /run override files with the same
- name in /etc/ and
- /usr/lib/. Packages should
- install their configuration files in
- /usr/lib/, files in
+ Configuration Format
+
+ Each configuration file shall be named in the
+ style of <program>.conf.
+ Files in /etc/ override files
+ with the same name in /usr/lib/
+ and /run/. Files in
+ /run/ override files with the same
+ name in /usr/lib/. Packages
+ should install their configuration files in
+ /usr/lib/. Files in
/etc/ are reserved for the local
- administrator, who may choose to override the
- configurations installed from packages. The list of
+ 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
- configuration file takes precedence over another
- configuration file with an alphabetically later
- name.
+ directories they reside, to guarantee that a specific
+ configuration file takes precedence over another file
+ with an alphabetically later name.
- The configuration format is one line per path
- containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
- fields:
+ If the administrator wants to disable a
+ configuration file supplied by the vendor the
+ recommended way is to place a symlink to
+ /dev/null in
+ /etc/tmpfiles.d/ bearing the
+ same file name.
+
+ The configuration format is one line per path
+ containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
+ fields:
Type Path Mode UID GID Age Argument
d /run/user 0755 root root 10d -
@@ -108,7 +114,10 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
w
- Write the argument parameter to a file, if it exists.
+ 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.
@@ -152,7 +161,7 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
effect of r or R lines. Lines
of this type accept
shell-style globs in place of
- of normal path
+ normal path
names.
@@ -256,11 +265,22 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
If multiple integers and units are specified the time
- values are summed up.
+ values are summed up. If an integer is given without a unit,
+ s is assumed.
+
+
+ When the age is set to zero, the files are cleaned
+ unconditionally.
The age field only applies to lines starting with
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
+ files and directories one level inside the
+ directory specified, but not the files and
+ directories immediately inside it.
@@ -293,7 +313,8 @@ d /var/run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h
See Also
systemd1,
- systemd-tmpfiles8
+ systemd-tmpfiles8,
+ systemd-delta1