Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
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-<refentry id="systemd-tmpfiles">
+<refentry id="systemd-tmpfiles"
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-tmpfiles</title>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-tmpfiles</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</refname>
<refpurpose>Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile
- and temporary files and directories.</refpurpose>
+ and temporary files and directories</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>systemd-tmpfiles <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">CONFIGURATION FILE</arg></command>
+ <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>CONFIGFILE</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<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
+ deletes, and cleans up volatile and temporary files and
+ 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 filenames 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>
- 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>
+ are searched for a matching file.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--create</option></term>
- <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>
+ <listitem><para>If this option is
+ passed, all files and directories
+ marked with <varname>f</varname>,
+ <varname>F</varname>,
+ <varname>w</varname>,
+ <varname>d</varname>,
+ <varname>D</varname>,
+ <varname>p</varname>,
+ <varname>L</varname>,
+ <varname>c</varname>,
+ <varname>b</varname>,
+ <varname>m</varname> in the
+ configuration files are created or
+ written to. Files and directories
+ marked with <varname>z</varname>,
+ <varname>Z</varname>,
+ <varname>m</varname> have their
+ ownership, access mode and security
+ labels set. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--clean</option></term>
<listitem><para>If this option is
- passed all files and directories with
+ passed, all files and directories with
an age parameter configured will be
cleaned up.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--remove</option></term>
<listitem><para>If this option is
- passed all files and directories marked
- with r, R in the configuration files
- are removed.</para></listitem>
+ passed, all files and directories
+ marked with <varname>r</varname>,
+ <varname>R</varname> in the
+ configuration files are
+ removed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--boot</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Also execute lines
+ with an exclamation mark.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--prefix=PATH</option></term>
+ <term><option>--prefix=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>Only apply rules that
apply to paths with the specified
- prefix.</para></listitem>
+ prefix. This option can be specified
+ multiple times.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
-
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--help</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short help
- text and exits.</para></listitem>
+ <term><option>--exclude-prefix=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Ignore rules that
+ apply to paths with the specified
+ prefix. This option can be specified
+ multiple times.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--root=<replaceable>root</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a directory path
+ as an argument. All paths will be
+ prefixed with the given alternate <replaceable>root</replaceable>
+ path, including config search paths.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
</variablelist>
<para>It is possible to combine
directories are removed and created according to the
configuration file:</para>
- <programlisting>systemctl-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>systemd-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
- <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
code otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<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>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
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