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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2011-02-13 15:08:15 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2011-02-13 15:08:15 +0100
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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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+
+<refentry id="systemd-tmpfiles">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-tmpfiles</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-tmpfiles</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile
+ and temporary files and directories.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>systemd-tmpfiles <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">CONFIGURATION FILE</arg></command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> creates,
+ deletes and cleans up volatile ad temporary files and
+ directories, based on the configuration from
+ <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename>. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more details on these files.</para>
+
+ <para>If invoked with no arguments applies all
+ directives from all configuration files in
+ <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename>. If one or
+ more absolute file names are passed on the command
+ line only the directives in these files are
+ applied.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--create</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>If this option is passed all
+ files and directories marked with f,
+ F, d, D in the configuration files are
+ created.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--clean</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>If this option is
+ passed all files and directories with
+ an age parameter configured will be
+ cleaned up.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--remove</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>If this option is
+ passed all files and directories marked
+ with r, R in the configuration files
+ are removed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--prefix=PATH</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Only apply rules that
+ apply to paths with the specified
+ prefix.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--help</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Prints a short help
+ text and exits.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>It is possible to combine
+ <option>--create</option>, <option>--clean</option>,
+ and <option>--remove</option> in one invocation. For
+ example, during boot the following command line is
+ executed to ensure that all temporary and volatile
+ directores are removed and created according to the
+ configuration file:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>systemctl-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ code otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpwatch</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>