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24 <refentry id="systemd-tmpfiles">
27 <title>systemd-tmpfiles</title>
28 <productname>systemd</productname>
32 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34 <surname>Poettering</surname>
35 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
41 <refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle>
42 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
46 <refname>systemd-tmpfiles</refname>
47 <refpurpose>Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile
48 and temporary files and directories.</refpurpose>
53 <command>systemd-tmpfiles <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">CONFIGURATION FILE</arg></command>
58 <title>Description</title>
60 <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> creates,
61 deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and
62 directories, based on the configuration from
63 <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename>. See
64 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
65 for more details on these files.</para>
67 <para>If invoked with no arguments applies all
68 directives from all configuration files in
69 <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename>. If one or
70 more absolute file names are passed on the command
71 line only the directives in these files are
76 <title>Options</title>
78 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
83 <term><option>--create</option></term>
84 <listitem><para>If this option is passed all
85 files and directories marked with f,
86 F, d, D in the configuration files are
87 created. Files and directories marked with z,
88 Z have their ownership, access mode and security
89 labels set.</para></listitem>
93 <term><option>--clean</option></term>
94 <listitem><para>If this option is
95 passed all files and directories with
96 an age parameter configured will be
97 cleaned up.</para></listitem>
101 <term><option>--remove</option></term>
102 <listitem><para>If this option is
103 passed all files and directories marked
104 with r, R in the configuration files
105 are removed.</para></listitem>
108 <term><option>--prefix=PATH</option></term>
109 <listitem><para>Only apply rules that
110 apply to paths with the specified
111 prefix.</para></listitem>
116 <term><option>--help</option></term>
118 <listitem><para>Prints a short help
119 text and exits.</para></listitem>
124 <para>It is possible to combine
125 <option>--create</option>, <option>--clean</option>,
126 and <option>--remove</option> in one invocation. For
127 example, during boot the following command line is
128 executed to ensure that all temporary and volatile
129 directories are removed and created according to the
130 configuration file:</para>
132 <programlisting>systemd-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting>
137 <title>Exit status</title>
139 <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
140 code otherwise.</para>
144 <title>See Also</title>
146 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
147 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
148 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpwatch</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>