Merge nss-myhostname

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

diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 96b1872318efcaf9024fd1a1f9c5a407fbfd4eb8..785264e3cfad83211bd0e399b138bcc9f311458e 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -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
@@ -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>
 
@@ -262,7 +265,12 @@ 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