X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Ftmpfiles.d.xml;h=cdc87c91922905b9018ba308f0b5d5847a15e892;hb=69ab80881552d5f79ca95f6b3be48ad122ab1ec2;hp=c6325a457bd417fb2469babc695f752d3b50c366;hpb=d4e9eb91ea12e11bff7d8c6265b067a20ccf37b8;p=elogind.git
diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index c6325a457..cdc87c919 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -79,17 +79,18 @@
administrator, who may use this logic to override the
configuration files installed by vendor packages. All
configuration files are sorted by their filename in
- 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.
+ lexicographic order, regardless in which of the
+ directories they reside. If multiple files specify the
+ same path, the entry in the file with the lexicographically
+ earliest name will be applied, all all other conflicting
+ entries logged as errors.
If the administrator wants to disable a
- configuration file supplied by the vendor the
+ configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
recommended way is to place a symlink to
/dev/null in
/etc/tmpfiles.d/ bearing the
- same file name.
+ same filename.
The configuration format is one line per path
containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
f
- Create a file if it doesn't exist yet (optionally writing a short string into it, if the argument parameter is passed)
+ Create a file if it does not exist yet (optionally writing a short string into it, if the argument parameter is passed)
@@ -114,12 +115,15 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
w
- Write the argument parameter to a file, if it exists. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names.
+ 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.
d
- Create a directory if it doesn't exist yet
+ Create a directory if it does not exist yet
@@ -129,22 +133,22 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
p
- Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it doesn't exist yet
+ Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it does not exist yet
L
- Create a symlink if it doesn't exist yet
+ Create a symlink if it does not exist yet
c
- Create a character device node if it doesn't exist yet
+ Create a character device node if it does not exist yet
b
- Create a block device node if it doesn't exist yet
+ Create a block device node if it does not exist yet
@@ -158,7 +162,22 @@ 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.
@@ -219,10 +238,10 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
The file access mode to use when
creating this file or directory. If omitted or
- when set to - the default is used: 0755 for
+ when set to -, the default is used: 0755 for
directories, 0644 for all other file
- objects. For z, Z lines if omitted or when set
- to - the file access mode will not be
+ objects. 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, L lines.
@@ -233,8 +252,8 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
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. For z, Z lines when omitted or when set to -
+ omitted or when set to -, the default 0 (root)
+ 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, L lines.
@@ -244,7 +263,7 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
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
- time minus the age field it is deleted. The
+ 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:
@@ -261,15 +280,20 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
us
- If multiple integers and units are specified the time
- values are summed up.
+ If multiple integers and units are specified, the time
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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.
@@ -299,6 +323,13 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
d /var/run/screens 1777 root root 10d
d /var/run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h
+
+ /etc/tmpfiles.d/abrt.conf example
+ abrt needs a directory created at boot with specific mode and ownership and its content should be preserved.
+
+ d /var/tmp/abrt 0755 abrt abrt
+x /var/tmp/abrt/*
+