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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 9a749918e..7f4c45c96 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -42,93 +42,145 @@
tmpfiles.d
- configuration for creation, deletion and cleaning of tmpfiles
+ Configuration for creation, deletion and
+ cleaning of volatile and temporary files
+
+ /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/*.conf
+ /etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf
+ /run/tmpfiles.d/*.conf
+
+
Description
- systemd uses
- /etc/tmpfiles.d/ to describe the
- creation, cleaning and removal of temporary files and
- directories which usually reside in
- /var/run or
- /tmp). Each configuration file
- is named in the style of
- /etc/tmpfiles.d/<program>.conf
+ 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
+ Each configuration file is named in the style of
+ <program>.conf.
+ Files in /etc/ overwrite
+ files with the same name in /usr/lib/.
+ Files in /run overwrite files with
+ the same name in /etc/ and
+ /usr/lib/. Packages should install their
+ configuration files in /usr/lib/, files
+ in /etc/ are reserved for the local
+ administration, which possibly decides to overwrite the
+ configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
+ by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
+ directories they reside, to ensure that a specific
+ configuration file takes precedence over another file with
+ an alphabetically later name.
+
The configuration format is one line per path
containing action, mode, ownership and age
fields:
- type path mode uid gid age
-d /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d
-
-
- mode
-
- The file access mode to use for this
- file or directory. If ommited or when set to -
- the default is used: 0755 for directories,
- 0644 for files.
-
-
-
- uid, gid
-
- The user and group to use for this file
- or directory. This may either be a numeric
- user/group ID or a user or group name. If
- ommited or when set to - the default 0 is
- used.
-
+ Type Path Mode UID GID Age
+d /run/user 0755 root root 10d
- type
+ Type
f
- create a file if it doesn't exist yet
+ Create a file if it doesn't exist yet
F
- create or truncate a file
+ Create or truncate a file
d
- create a directory if it doesn't exist yet
+ Create a directory if it doesn't exist yet
D
- create or empty a directory
+ Create or empty a directory
+
+
+
+ p
+ Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it doesn't exist yet
x
- ignore a path
+ Ignore a path
+ during cleaning. Use this type
+ to exclude paths from clean-up
+ as controlled with the Age
+ parameter. Note that lines of
+ this type do not influence the
+ effect of r or R lines. Lines
+ of this type accept
+ shell-style globs in place of
+ of normal path
+ names.
r
- remove a path
+ Remove a file
+ or directory if it
+ exists. This may not be used
+ to remove non-empty
+ directories, use R for
+ that. Lines of this type
+ accept shell-style globs in
+ place of normal path
+ names.
R
- recursively remove a path
+ Recursively
+ remove 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.
- age
+ Mode
+
+ 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.
+
+
+
+ UID, GID
+
+ The user and group to use for this file
+ 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.
+
+
+
+ Age
The date field, when set, is used to
decide what files to delete when cleaning. If
a file or directory is older than the current
@@ -149,10 +201,12 @@ d /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d
us
- If multiple integers and units are specified the time values are summed up.
-
- The age field only applies to lines starting with d, D and x. If ommited or set to - no automatic clean-up is done.
+ If multiple integers and units are specified the time
+ values are summed up.
+ The age field only applies to lines starting with
+ d, D and x. If omitted or set to - no automatic clean-up
+ is done.
@@ -171,7 +225,8 @@ d /var/run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h
See Also
- systemd1
+ systemd1,
+ systemd-tmpfiles8