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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index e54f1ba5c..2d8af981e 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,11 @@
of the directories they reside in. 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.
+ all other conflicting entries will be logged as
+ errors. When two lines are prefix and suffix of each
+ other, then the prefix is always processed first, the
+ suffix later. Otherwise the files/directories are
+ processed in the order they are listed.
If the administrator wants to disable a
configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
@@ -170,7 +174,16 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
L
- Create a symlink if it does not exist yet.
+ L+
+ Create a
+ symlink if it does not exist
+ yet. If suffixed with
+ + and a
+ file already exists where the
+ symlink is to be created it
+ will be removed and be
+ replaced by the
+ symlink.
@@ -184,14 +197,8 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
- m
- If the
- specified file path exists,
- adjust its access mode, group
- and user to the specified
- values and reset the SELinux
- security context. If it does not exist, do
- nothing.
+ C
+ Recursively copy a file or directory, if the destination files or directories don't exist yet.
@@ -257,27 +264,29 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
z
- Restore
- SELinux security context
- and set ownership and access
- mode of a file or directory if
- it exists. Lines of this type
- accept shell-style globs in
- place of normal path names.
+ Adjust the
+ access mode, group and user,
+ and restore the SELinux security
+ context of a file or directory,
+ if it exists. Lines of this
+ type accept shell-style globs
+ in place of normal path names.
Z
Recursively
- restore SELinux security
- context and set
- ownership and access mode of a
- path and all its
- subdirectories (if it is a
- directory). Lines of this type
- accept shell-style globs in
- place of normal path
+ set the access mode, group and
+ user, and restore the SELinux
+ security context of a file or
+ directory if it exists, as
+ well as of its subdirectories
+ and the files contained
+ therein (if applicable). Lines
+ of this type accept
+ shell-style globs in place of
+ normal path
names.
@@ -368,6 +377,22 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock
ignored for x,
r, R,
L lines.
+
+ Optionally, if prefixed with
+ ~ the access mode is masked
+ based on the already set access bits for
+ existing file or directories: if the existing
+ file has all executable bits unset then all
+ executable bits are removed from the new
+ access mode, too. Similar, if all read bits
+ are removed from the old access mode they will
+ be removed from the new access mode too, and
+ if all write bits are removed, they will be
+ removed from the new access mode too. In
+ addition the sticky/suid/gid bit is removed unless
+ applied to a directory. This
+ functionality is particularly useful in
+ conjunction with Z.
@@ -446,8 +471,10 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock
f, F,
and w may be used to
specify a short string that is written to the
- file, suffixed by a newline. Ignored for all
- other lines.
+ file, suffixed by a newline. For
+ C specifies the source file
+ or directory. Ignored for all other
+ lines.