tmpfiles: make sure "C" doesn't copy anything if the destination already exists

[elogind.git] / man / tmpfiles.d.xml

diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 6b2753549c51759907218dbece78ac23a0518ebd..f3cc2ea50cb56bc096a5067e4728ebe50a3b055b 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -225,7 +225,17 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>C</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>Recursively copy a file or directory, if the destination files or directories don't exist yet.</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Recursively
+                                        copy a file or directory, if
+                                        the destination files or
+                                        directories don't exist
+                                        yet. Note that this command
+                                        will not descend into
+                                        subdirectories if the
+                                        destination directory already
+                                        exists, instead the entire
+                                        copy operation is
+                                        skipped.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>