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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 8987c48073e41a2acbf5e4fec2181470d5a2c9af..785264e3cfad83211bd0e399b138bcc9f311458e 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>
 
-               <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> 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 <filename>/run</filename>
-               or <filename>/tmp</filename>.</para>
+                <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> 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 <filename>/run</filename>
+                or <filename>/tmp</filename>.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
-               <title>Configuration Format</title>
+                <title>Configuration Format</title>
 
                 <para>Each configuration file shall be named in the
                 style of <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
                 alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
                 directories they reside, to guarantee that a specific
                 configuration file takes precedence over another file
-                with an alphabetically later name</para>
+                with an alphabetically later name.</para>
 
                 <para>If the administrator wants to disable a
                 configuration file supplied by the vendor the
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
                 <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename> bearing the
                 same file name.</para>
 
-               <para>The configuration format is one line per path
-               containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
-               fields:</para>
+                <para>The configuration format is one line per path
+                containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
+                fields:</para>
 
                 <programlisting>Type Path        Mode UID  GID  Age Argument
 d    /run/user   0755 root root 10d -
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>w</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>Write the argument parameter to a file, if it exists.</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
                                         effect of r or R lines. Lines
                                         of this type accept
                                         shell-style globs in place of
-                                        of normal path
+                                        normal path
                                         names.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
@@ -262,11 +265,22 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
                         </variablelist>
 
                         <para>If multiple integers and units are specified the time
-                        values are summed up.</para>
+                        values are summed up. If an integer is given without a unit,
+                        s is assumed.
+                        </para>
+
+                        <para>When the age is set to zero, the files are cleaned
+                        unconditionally.</para>
 
                         <para>The age field only applies to lines starting with
                         d, D and x. If omitted or set to - no automatic clean-up
                         is done.</para>
+
+                        <para>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.</para>
                 </refsect2>
 
                 <refsect2>
@@ -299,7 +313,8 @@ d /var/run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h</programlisting>
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
         </refsect1>