X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Ftmpfiles.d.xml;h=7f4c45c9600c13cdd877e685976104bac307fa46;hp=9a749918ef8dac6d895be225feb363ed8d38cfe7;hb=bbc732830876ce75a95c57ccf8677f74e4569efc;hpb=aeee2322a66d63e3071b95969a6cbd8ce8dc1053 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