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-rw-r--r--man/tmpfiles.d.xml33
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 2d8af981e9..6b2753549c 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,15 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null</programlisting>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>p</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it does not exist yet.</para></listitem>
+ <term><varname>p+</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Create a named
+ pipe (FIFO) if it does not
+ exist yet. If suffixed with
+ <varname>+</varname> and a
+ file already exists where the
+ pipe is to be created it will
+ be removed and be replaced by
+ the pipe.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -188,12 +196,31 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null</programlisting>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>c</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Create a character device node if it does not exist yet.</para></listitem>
+ <term><varname>c+</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Create a
+ character device node if it
+ does not exist yet. If
+ suffixed with
+ <varname>+</varname> and a
+ file already exists where the
+ device node is to be created
+ it will be removed and be
+ replaced by the device
+ node.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>b</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Create a block device node if it does not exist yet.</para></listitem>
+ <term><varname>b+</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Create a block
+ device node if it does not
+ exist yet. If suffixed with
+ <varname>+</varname> and a
+ file already exists where the
+ device node is to be created
+ it will be removed and be
+ replaced by the device
+ node.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>