place of normal path
names.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>z</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Set ownership, access
+ mode and relabel security context of
+ a file or directory if it exists.
+ Lines of this type accept shell-style
+ globs in place of normal path names.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Z</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Recursively set
+ ownership, access mode and relabel
+ security context 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 names.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
<para>The file access mode to use when
creating this file or directory. If omitted or
when set to - the default is used: 0755 for
- directories, 0644 for files. This parameter is
- ignored for x, r, R lines.</para>
+ directories, 0644 for files. 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
+ lines.</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
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. . These parameters are ignored for x,
- r, R lines.</para>
+ 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 lines.</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>