<?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"> <!-- This file is part of systemd. Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <refentry id="systemd-tmpfiles"> <refentryinfo> <title>systemd-tmpfiles</title> <productname>systemd</productname> <authorgroup> <author> <contrib>Developer</contrib> <firstname>Lennart</firstname> <surname>Poettering</surname> <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> </author> </authorgroup> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>systemd-tmpfiles</refname> <refpurpose>Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories.</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <cmdsynopsis> <command>systemd-tmpfiles <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">CONFIGURATION FILE</arg></command> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> creates, deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories, based on the configuration from <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename>. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more details on these files.</para> <para>If invoked with no arguments applies all directives from all configuration files in <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename>. If one or more absolute file names are passed on the command line only the directives in these files are applied.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Options</title> <para>The following options are understood:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>--create</option></term> <listitem><para>If this option is passed all files and directories marked with f, F, d, D in the configuration files are created.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--clean</option></term> <listitem><para>If this option is passed all files and directories with an age parameter configured will be cleaned up.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--remove</option></term> <listitem><para>If this option is passed all files and directories marked with r, R in the configuration files are removed.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--prefix=PATH</option></term> <listitem><para>Only apply rules that apply to paths with the specified prefix.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--help</option></term> <listitem><para>Prints a short help text and exits.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para>It is possible to combine <option>--create</option>, <option>--clean</option>, and <option>--remove</option> in one invocation. For example, during boot the following command line is executed to ensure that all temporary and volatile directories are removed and created according to the configuration file:</para> <programlisting>systemd-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Exit status</title> <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpwatch</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> </refentry>