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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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+ Copyright 2010 Brandon Philips
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+<refentry id="tmpfiles.d">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>tmpfiles.d</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Documentation</contrib>
+ <firstname>Brandon</firstname>
+ <surname>Philips</surname>
+ <email>brandon@ifup.org</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>tmpfiles.d</refname>
+ <refpurpose>configuration for creation, deletion and cleaning of tmpfiles</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <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
+<filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename></para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Configuration Format</title>
+
+ <para>The configuration format is one line per path containing
+action, mode, ownership and age fields:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>type path mode uid gid age
+d /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d
+</programlisting>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>type</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>f</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>create a file</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>F</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>truncate a file</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>d</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>create a directory</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>D</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>truncate a directory</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>x</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>ignore the path</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>r</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>remove the path</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>R</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>recursively remove the path</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>age</title>
+ <para>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 field format is an integer followed by one of the following postfixes:</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term><varname>sec</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>s</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>min</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>hr</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>h</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>d</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>w</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>msec</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ms</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>m</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>usec</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>us</varname></term></varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect2>
+
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Example</title>
+ <example>
+ <title>/etc/tmpfiles.d/screen.conf example</title>
+ <para><command>screen</command> needs two directories created at boot with specific modes and ownership.</para>
+
+ <programlisting>d /var/run/screens 1777 root root 10d
+d /var/run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d
+</programlisting>
+ </example>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>