From 468d726bdd0a383713964dec01fc38ca31256d62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:04:12 +0100 Subject: tmpfiles: add support for creating symlinks, char/block device nodes --- man/tmpfiles.d.xml | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml index 4a8e8316cd..080da6681b 100644 --- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml +++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml @@ -67,27 +67,31 @@ Configuration Format Each configuration file is named in the style of - <program>.conf. - Files in /etc/ overwrite - files with the same name in /usr/lib/. - Files in /run overwrite files with - the same name in /etc/ and - /usr/lib/. Packages should install their - configuration files in /usr/lib/, files - in /etc/ are reserved for the local - administration, which possibly decides to overwrite the - configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted - by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the - directories they reside, to ensure that a specific - configuration file takes precedence over another file with - an alphabetically later name. + <program>.conf. Files in + /etc/ override files with the + same name in /usr/lib/. Files in + /run override files with the same + name in /etc/ and + /usr/lib/. Packages should + install their configuration files in + /usr/lib/, files in + /etc/ are reserved for the local + administrator, who may choose to override the + configurations installed from packages. The list of + configuration files are sorted by their filename in + alphabetical order, regardless in which of the + directories they reside, to guarantee that a + configuration file takes precedence over another + configuration file with an alphabetically later + name. The configuration format is one line per path - containing action, mode, ownership and age + containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument fields: - Type Path Mode UID GID Age -d /run/user 0755 root root 10d + Type Path Mode UID GID Age Argument +d /run/user 0755 root root 10d - +L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null Type @@ -117,6 +121,21 @@ d /run/user 0755 root root 10d Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it doesn't exist yet + + L + Create a symlink if it doesn't exist yet + + + + c + Create a character device node if it doesn't exist yet + + + + b + Create a block device node if it doesn't exist yet + + x Ignore a path @@ -185,10 +204,11 @@ d /run/user 0755 root root 10d 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. For z, Z lines - if omitted or when set to - the file access mode will - not be modified. This parameter is ignored for x, r, R - lines. + directories, 0644 for all other file + objects. For z, Z lines if omitted or when set + to - the file access mode will not be + modified. This parameter is ignored for x, r, + R, L lines. @@ -200,7 +220,7 @@ d /run/user 0755 root root 10d omitted or when set to - the default 0 (root) is used. For z, Z lines when omitted or when set to - the file ownership will not be modified. - These parameters are ignored for x, r, R lines. + These parameters are ignored for x, r, R, L lines. @@ -233,6 +253,16 @@ d /run/user 0755 root root 10d is done. + + Argument + + For L lines determines the destination + path of the symlink. For c, b determines the + major/minor of the device node, with major and + minor formatted as integers, separated by :, + e.g. "1:3". Ignored for all other lines. + + @@ -241,7 +271,7 @@ d /run/user 0755 root root 10d /etc/tmpfiles.d/screen.conf example screen needs two directories created at boot with specific modes and ownership. - d /var/run/screens 1777 root root 10d + d /var/run/screens 1777 root root 10d d /var/run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf