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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2011-02-12 09:31:25 +0100 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2011-02-12 09:31:25 +0100 |
| commit | b8bb3e8f346468e61dcc7a6aba5e7ac9c623d964 (patch) | |
| tree | 693255a24fbb5f784fa8d5615abb39ef29cf38a0 /man/tmpfiles.d.xml | |
| parent | 72f576bdd6a292bcc1b82145c181cf8244e75aef (diff) | |
tmpfiles: support globs
Diffstat (limited to 'man/tmpfiles.d.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/tmpfiles.d.xml | 54 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml index e6b4c1bfac..e211d6ded5 100644 --- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml +++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml @@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ <para><command>systemd</command> uses <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename> to describe the - creation, cleaning and removal of temporary files and - directories which usually reside in - <filename>/var/run</filename> or - <filename>/tmp</filename>). Each configuration file - is named in the style of + creation, cleaning and removal of volatile files and + directories which usually reside in directories such + as <filename>/var/run</filename> or + <filename>/tmp</filename>. Each configuration file is + named in the style of <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/<program>.conf</filename>.</para> </refsect1> @@ -97,17 +97,41 @@ d /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting> <varlistentry> <term><varname>x</varname></term> - <listitem><para>Ignore a path</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><varname>r</varname></term> - <listitem><para>Remove a path</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><varname>R</varname></term> - <listitem><para>Recursively remove a path</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect2> @@ -115,10 +139,11 @@ d /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting> <refsect2> <title>Mode</title> - <para>The file access mode to use for this - file or directory. If omitted or when set to - - the default is used: 0755 for directories, - 0644 for files.</para> + <para>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.</para> </refsect2> <refsect2> @@ -127,8 +152,9 @@ d /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting> <para>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 is - used.</para> + omitted or when set to - the default 0 (root) + is used. . These parameters are ignored for x, + r, R lines.</para> </refsect2> <refsect2> |