<term><varname>a</varname></term>
<term><varname>a+</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Set POSIX ACLs (access control lists). If
- suffixed with <varname>+</varname>, specified mask will be
- added to existing
- entries. <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> does not
- automatically add the required base entries for user and
- group to the specified mask, so they must be specified
- explicitly if <varname>+</varname> is not used. The
- mask will be added if not specified explicitly.
- Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place
- of normal path names. This can be useful for allowing
- additional access to certain files. </para></listitem>
+ suffixed with <varname>+</varname>, specified entries will
+ be added to the existing set.
+ <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> will automatically add
+ the required base entries for user and group based on the
+ access mode of the file, unless base entries already exist
+ or are explictly specified. The mask will be added if not
+ specified explicitly or already present. Lines of this type
+ accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names. This
+ can be useful for allowing additional access to certain
+ files.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
delete when cleaning. If a file or directory is older than the
current 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:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>s</varname></term>
- <term><varname>min</varname></term>
- <term><varname>h</varname></term>
- <term><varname>d</varname></term>
- <term><varname>w</varname></term>
- <term><varname>ms</varname></term>
- <term><varname>m</varname></term>
- <term><varname>us</varname></term></varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
+ following postfixes for the respective time units:
+ <constant>s</constant>,
+ <constant>m</constant> or <constant>min</constant>,
+ <constant>h</constant>,
+ <constant>d</constant>,
+ <constant>w</constant>,
+ <constant>ms</constant>,
+ <constant>us</constant>,
+ respectively meaning seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks,
+ milliseconds, and microseconds. Full names of the time units can
+ be used too.
+ </para>
<para>If multiple integers and units are specified, the time
- values are summed up. If an integer is given without a unit,
- <varname>s</varname> is assumed.
+ values are summed. If an integer is given without a unit,
+ <constant>s</constant> is assumed.
</para>
<para>When the age is set to zero, the files are cleaned