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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 8987c4807..519f9bc61 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@
Description
- systemd-tmpfiles uses the
- configuration files from the above directories to describe the
- creation, cleaning and removal of volatile and
- temporary files and directories which usually reside
- in directories such as /run
- or /tmp.
+ systemd-tmpfiles uses the
+ configuration files from the above directories to describe the
+ creation, cleaning and removal of volatile and
+ temporary files and directories which usually reside
+ in directories such as /run
+ or /tmp.
- Configuration Format
+ Configuration Format
Each configuration file shall be named in the
style of <program>.conf.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
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
+ with an alphabetically later name.
If the administrator wants to disable a
configuration file supplied by the vendor the
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
/etc/tmpfiles.d/ bearing the
same file name.
- The configuration format is one line per path
- containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
- fields:
+ The configuration format is one line per path
+ containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
+ fields:
Type Path Mode UID GID Age Argument
d /run/user 0755 root root 10d -
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
w
- Write the argument parameter to a file, if it exists.
+ Write the argument parameter to a file, if the file exists.
+ Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal path
+ names. The argument parameter will be written without a trailing
+ newline. C-style backslash escapes are interpreted.
@@ -158,7 +161,22 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
effect of r or R lines. Lines
of this type accept
shell-style globs in place of
- of normal path
+ normal path
+ names.
+
+
+
+ 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
names.
@@ -262,11 +280,22 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
If multiple integers and units are specified the time
- values are summed up.
+ values are summed up. If an integer is given without a unit,
+ s is assumed.
+
+
+ When the age is set to zero, the files are cleaned
+ unconditionally.
The age field only applies to lines starting with
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
+ files and directories one level inside the
+ directory specified, but not the files and
+ directories immediately inside it.
@@ -299,7 +328,8 @@ d /var/run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h
See Also
systemd1,
- systemd-tmpfiles8
+ systemd-tmpfiles8,
+ systemd-delta1