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-rw-r--r--man/tmpfiles.d.xml21
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 9fc4b7cd8f..e8b630da24 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -184,15 +184,18 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null</programlisting>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>X</varname></term>
<listitem><para>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
+ during cleaning. Use this type
+ to exclude paths from clean-up
+ as controlled with the Age
+ parameter. Unlike x this
+ parameter will not exclude the
+ content if path is a directory,
+ but only directory itself.
+ 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 normal path
names.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>