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man: clarify a few things
[elogind.git] / man / tmpfiles.d.xml
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         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>tmpfiles.d</refname>
-                <refpurpose>configuration for creation, deletion and cleaning of tmpfiles</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Configuration for creation, deletion and cleaning of temporary and volatile files</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
+        <refsynopsisdiv>
+                <para><filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename></para>
+        </refsynopsisdiv>
+
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>
 
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@
                <filename>/var/run</filename> or
                <filename>/tmp</filename>).  Each configuration file
                is named in the style of
-               <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename></para>
+               <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
@@ -73,37 +77,37 @@ d    /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
                         <variablelist>
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>f</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>create a file if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a file if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>F</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>create or truncate a file</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create or truncate a file</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>d</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>create a directory if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a directory if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>D</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>create or empty a directory</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create or empty a directory</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>x</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>ignore a path</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Ignore a path</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>r</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>remove a path</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Remove a path</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>R</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>recursively remove a path</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Recursively remove a path</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
                         </variablelist>
                 </refsect2>
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ d    /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
                         <title>Mode</title>
 
                         <para>The file access mode to use for this
-                        file or directory. If ommited or when set to -
+                        file or directory. If omitted or when set to -
                         the default is used: 0755 for directories,
                         0644 for files.</para>
                 </refsect2>
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ d    /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
                         <para>The user and group to use for this file
                         or directory. This may either be a numeric
                         user/group ID or a user or group name. If
-                        ommited or when set to - the default 0 is
+                        omitted or when set to - the default 0 is
                         used.</para>
                 </refsect2>
 
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ d    /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
 
                         <para>If multiple integers and units are specified the time values are summed up.</para>
 
-                        <para>The age field only applies to lines starting with d, D and x. If ommited or set to - no automatic clean-up is done.</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>
 
                 </refsect2>