<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
-
-<!--
- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
-
- 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 Lesser General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 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
- Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
--->
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
<refentry id="systemd-tmpfiles"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<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>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="cat-config" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
</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
+ <para>It is possible to combine <option>--create</option>, <option>--clean</option>, and <option>--remove</option>
+ in one invocation (in which case removal and clean-up are executed before creation of new files). 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>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
- <para>On success, 0 is returned. If the configuration was invalid (invalid syntax, missing
- arguments, …), so some lines had to be ignored, but no other errors occurred,
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned. If the configuration was syntactically invalid (syntax errors,
+ missing arguments, …), so some lines had to be ignored, but no other errors occurred,
<constant>65</constant> is returned (<constant>EX_DATAERR</constant> from
- <filename>/usr/include/sysexits.h</filename>). Otherwise, <constant>1</constant> is returned
- (<constant>EXIT_FAILURE</constant> from <filename>/usr/include/stdlib.h</filename>).
+ <filename>/usr/include/sysexits.h</filename>). If the configuration was syntactically valid, but
+ could not be executed (lack of permissions, creation of files in missing directories, invalid
+ contents when writing to <filename>/sys/</filename> values, …), <constant>73</constant> is
+ returned (<constant>EX_CANTCREAT</constant> from <filename>/usr/include/sysexits.h</filename>).
+ Otherwise, <constant>1</constant> is returned (<constant>EXIT_FAILURE</constant> from
+ <filename>/usr/include/stdlib.h</filename>).
</para>
</refsect1>