man: add h/H to tmpfiles.d(5)

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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 957910dd6dbdf9232c45a386013f2aba9d87669c..839bb7604b3e41b9b04696b7f430f9317671ea59 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@
     d    /run/user   0755 root root 10d -
     L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
 
+    <para>Fields may be enclosed within quotes and contain C-style escapes.</para>
+
     <refsect2>
       <title>Type</title>
 
@@ -302,20 +304,55 @@
           </para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>h</varname></term>
+          <listitem><para>Set file/directory attributes. Lines of this type
+          accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names.</para>
+
+          <para>The format of the argument field is <varname>[+-=][aAcCdDeijsStTu]
+          </varname></para>
+
+          <para>The prefix <varname>+</varname> (the default one) causes the
+          attribute(s) to be added; <varname>-</varname> causes the
+          attribute(s) to be removed; <varname>=</varname>
+          causes the attributes to set exactly as the following letters.</para>
+          <para>The letters <literal>aAcCdDeijsStTu</literal> select the new
+          attributes for the files, see
+          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>chattr</refentrytitle>
+          <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for further information.
+          </para>
+          <para>Passing only <varname>=</varname> as argument,
+          resets all the file attributes listed above. It has to be pointed
+          out that the <varname>=</varname> prefix, limits itself to the
+          attributes corresponding to the letters listed here. All other
+          attributes will be left untouched.
+          </para>
+
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>H</varname></term>
+          <listitem><para>Recursively set file/directory attributes. Lines
+          of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal
+          path names.
+          </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>a</varname></term>
           <term><varname>a+</varname></term>
           <listitem><para>Set POSIX ACLs (access control lists). If
-          suffixed with <varname>+</varname>, specified mask will be
-          added to existing
-          entries. <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> does not
-          automatically add the required base entries for user and
-          group to the specified mask, so they must be specified
-          explicitly if <varname>+</varname> is not used. The
-          mask will be added if not specified explicitly.
-          Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place
-          of normal path names. This can be useful for allowing
-          additional access to certain files.  </para></listitem>
+          suffixed with <varname>+</varname>, specified entries will
+          be added to the existing set.
+          <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> will automatically add
+          the required base entries for user and group based on the
+          access mode of the file, unless base entries already exist
+          or are explictly specified. The mask will be added if not
+          specified explicitly or already present. Lines of this type
+          accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names. This
+          can be useful for allowing additional access to certain
+          files.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
         <varlistentry>
@@ -443,23 +480,22 @@
       delete when cleaning. If a file or directory is older than the
       current time minus the age field, it is deleted. The field
       format is a series of integers each followed by one of the
-      following postfixes for the respective time units:</para>
-
-      <variablelist>
-        <varlistentry>
-          <term><varname>s</varname></term>
-          <term><varname>min</varname></term>
-          <term><varname>h</varname></term>
-          <term><varname>d</varname></term>
-          <term><varname>w</varname></term>
-          <term><varname>ms</varname></term>
-          <term><varname>m</varname></term>
-        <term><varname>us</varname></term></varlistentry>
-      </variablelist>
+      following postfixes for the respective time units:
+      <constant>s</constant>,
+      <constant>m</constant> or <constant>min</constant>,
+      <constant>h</constant>,
+      <constant>d</constant>,
+      <constant>w</constant>,
+      <constant>ms</constant>,
+      <constant>us</constant>,
+      respectively meaning seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks,
+      milliseconds, and microseconds. Full names of the time units can
+      be used too.
+      </para>
 
       <para>If multiple integers and units are specified, the time
-      values are summed up. If an integer is given without a unit,
-      <varname>s</varname> is assumed.
+      values are summed. If an integer is given without a unit,
+      <constant>s</constant> is assumed.
       </para>
 
       <para>When the age is set to zero, the files are cleaned
@@ -528,7 +564,8 @@
       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>getfattr</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>setfattr</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>setfacl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>getfacl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>getfacl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>chattr</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
     </para>
   </refsect1>