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tmpfiles: print error if basename lookup fails; document it in manpage
[elogind.git] / man / systemd-tmpfiles.xml
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@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@
   Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
 
   systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.
 
   systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-  General Public License for more details.
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 
 
                 <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> creates,
                 deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and
-                directories, based on the configuration from
-                <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename>. See
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                for more details on these files.</para>
-
-                <para>If invoked with no arguments applies all
-                directives from all configuration files in
-                <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename>. If one or
-                more absolute file names are passed on the command
-                line only the directives in these files are
-                applied.</para>
+                directories, based on the configuration file format and
+                location specified in <citerefentry>
+                        <refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle>
+                        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+                </citerefentry>.</para>
+
+                <para>If invoked with no arguments, it applies all
+                directives from all configuration files. If one or
+                more file names are passed on the command line, only
+                the directives in these files are applied. If only
+                the basename of a configuration file is specified,
+                all configuration directories as specified in <citerefentry>
+                        <refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle>
+                        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+                </citerefentry> are searched for a matching file.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
@@ -84,7 +88,9 @@
                                 <listitem><para>If this option is passed all
                                 files and directories marked with f,
                                 F, d, D in the configuration files are
-                                created.</para></listitem>
+                                created. Files and directories marked with z,
+                                Z have their ownership, access mode and security
+                                labels set.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                 directories are removed and created according to the
                 configuration file:</para>
 
-                <programlisting>systemctl-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting>
+                <programlisting>systemd-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting>
 
         </refsect1>
 
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpwatch</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
         </refsect1>