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Add systemd-coredumpctl as an alias for coredumpctl
[elogind.git] / man / tmpfiles.d.xml
index 0081a6762aee3bc3d137b09c03c1be93b2a49ef4..5e0b5383412d7ef26b3e7be68f7ba62222d65096 100644 (file)
@@ -169,27 +169,80 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>p</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it does not exist yet.</para></listitem>
+                                        <term><varname>p+</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a named
+                                        pipe (FIFO) if it does not
+                                        exist yet. If suffixed with
+                                        <varname>+</varname> and a
+                                        file already exists where the
+                                        pipe is to be created it will
+                                        be removed and be replaced by
+                                        the pipe.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>L</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>Create a symlink if it does not exist yet.</para></listitem>
+                                        <term><varname>L+</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a
+                                        symlink if it does not exist
+                                        yet. If suffixed with
+                                        <varname>+</varname> and a
+                                        file already exists where the
+                                        symlink is to be created it
+                                        will be removed and be
+                                        replaced by the
+                                        symlink. If the argument is omitted,
+                                        symlinks to files with the same name
+                                        residing in the directory
+                                        <filename>/usr/share/factory/</filename>
+                                        are created.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>c</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>Create a character device node if it does not exist yet.</para></listitem>
+                                        <term><varname>c+</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a
+                                        character device node if it
+                                        does not exist yet. If
+                                        suffixed with
+                                        <varname>+</varname> and a
+                                        file already exists where the
+                                        device node is to be created
+                                        it will be removed and be
+                                        replaced by the device
+                                        node.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>b</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>Create a block device node if it does not exist yet.</para></listitem>
+                                        <term><varname>b+</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a block
+                                        device node if it does not
+                                        exist yet. If suffixed with
+                                        <varname>+</varname> and a
+                                        file already exists where the
+                                        device node is to be created
+                                        it will be removed and be
+                                        replaced by the device
+                                        node.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <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. If the argument is omitted,
+                                        files from the source directory
+                                        <filename>/usr/share/factory/</filename>
+                                        with the same name are copied.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>