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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 519f9bc61..1c079f64b 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
Configuration Format
Each configuration file shall be named in the
- style of <program>.conf.
+ style of <package>.conf.
Files in /etc/ override files
with the same name in /usr/lib/
and /run/. Files in
@@ -79,17 +79,18 @@
administrator, who may use this logic to override the
configuration files installed by vendor packages. All
configuration files are sorted by their filename in
- 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.
+ lexicographic order, regardless in which of the
+ directories they reside. If multiple files specify the
+ same path, the entry in the file with the lexicographically
+ earliest name will be applied, all all other conflicting
+ entries logged as errors.
If the administrator wants to disable a
- configuration file supplied by the vendor the
+ configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
recommended way is to place a symlink to
/dev/null in
/etc/tmpfiles.d/ bearing the
- same file name.
+ same filename.
The configuration format is one line per path
containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
@@ -99,12 +100,16 @@
d /run/user 0755 root root 10d -
L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
+
Type
+
+ The following line types are understood:
+
f
- Create a file if it doesn't exist yet (optionally writing a short string into it, if the argument parameter is passed)
+ Create a file if it does not exist yet (optionally writing a short string into it, if the argument parameter is passed)
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
d
- Create a directory if it doesn't exist yet
+ Create a directory if it does not exist yet
@@ -132,22 +137,33 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
p
- Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it doesn't exist yet
+ Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it does not exist yet
L
- Create a symlink if it doesn't exist yet
+ Create a symlink if it does not exist yet
c
- Create a character device node if it doesn't exist yet
+ Create a character device node if it does not exist yet
b
- Create a block device node if it doesn't exist yet
+ Create a block device node if it does not exist yet
+
+
+
+ m
+ If the
+ specified file path exists,
+ adjust its access mode, group
+ and user to the specified
+ values and reset the SELinux
+ label. If it does not exist, do
+ nothing.
@@ -168,15 +184,18 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
X
Ignore a path
- during cleanup. Use this type
- to prevent path removal as
- controlled with the Age parameter.
- Note that if path is a directory,
- content of a directory is not
- excluded from clean-up, only
- directory itself. Lines of this
- type accept shell-style globs
- in place of normal path
+ during cleaning. Use this type
+ to exclude paths from clean-up
+ as controlled with the Age
+ parameter. Unlike x, this
+ parameter will not exclude the
+ content if path is a directory,
+ but only directory itself.
+ Note that lines of this type do
+ not influence the effect of r
+ or R lines. Lines of this type
+ accept shell-style globs in
+ place of normal path
names.
@@ -232,15 +251,66 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
+
+ Path
+
+ The file system path specification supports simple specifier
+ expansion. The following expansions are
+ understood:
+
+
+ Specifiers available
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Specifier
+ Meaning
+ Details
+
+
+
+
+ %m
+ Machine ID
+ The machine ID of the running system, formatted as string. See machine-id5 for more information.
+
+
+ %b
+ Boot ID
+ The boot ID of the running system, formatted as string. See random4 for more information.
+
+
+ %H
+ Host name
+ The hostname of the running system.
+
+
+ %v
+ Kernel release
+ Identical to uname -r output.
+
+
+ %%
+ Escaped %
+ Single percent sign.
+
+
+
+
+
+
Mode
The file access mode to use when
creating this file or directory. If omitted or
- when set to - the default is used: 0755 for
+ when set to -, the default is used: 0755 for
directories, 0644 for all other file
- objects. For z, Z lines if omitted or when set
- to - the file access mode will not be
+ objects. For z, Z lines, if omitted or when set
+ to -, the file access mode will not be
modified. This parameter is ignored for x, r,
R, L lines.
@@ -251,8 +321,8 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
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
- omitted or when set to - the default 0 (root)
- is used. For z, Z lines when omitted or when set to -
+ omitted or when set to -, the default 0 (root)
+ is used. For z, Z lines, when omitted or when set to -,
the file ownership will not be modified.
These parameters are ignored for x, r, R, L lines.
@@ -262,7 +332,7 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
The date field, when set, is used to
decide what files to delete when cleaning. If
a file or directory is older than the current
- time minus the age field it is deleted. The
+ 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:
@@ -279,7 +349,7 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
us
- If multiple integers and units are specified the time
+ If multiple integers and units are specified, the time
values are summed up. If an integer is given without a unit,
s is assumed.
@@ -288,11 +358,11 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
unconditionally.
The age field only applies to lines starting with
- d, D and x. If omitted or set to - no automatic clean-up
+ d, D and x. If omitted or set to -, no automatic clean-up
is done.
If the age field starts with a tilde
- character (~) the clean-up is only applied to
+ 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.
@@ -322,6 +392,13 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
d /var/run/screens 1777 root root 10d
d /var/run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h
+
+ /etc/tmpfiles.d/abrt.conf example
+ abrt needs a directory created at boot with specific mode and ownership and its content should be preserved.
+
+ d /var/tmp/abrt 0755 abrt abrt
+x /var/tmp/abrt/*
+