man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml

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  24 <refentry id="systemd-tmpfiles">
  25
  26         <refentryinfo>
  27                 <title>systemd-tmpfiles</title>
  28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  29
  30                 <authorgroup>
  31                         <author>
  32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  36                         </author>
  37                 </authorgroup>
  38         </refentryinfo>
  39
  40         <refmeta>
  41                 <refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle>
  42                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  43         </refmeta>
  44
  45         <refnamediv>
  46                 <refname>systemd-tmpfiles</refname>
  47                 <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</refname>
  48                 <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</refname>
  49                 <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</refname>
  50                 <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</refname>
  51                 <refpurpose>Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile
  52                 and temporary files and directories</refpurpose>
  53         </refnamediv>
  54
  55         <refsynopsisdiv>
  56                 <cmdsynopsis>
  57                         <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command>
  58                         <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
  59                         <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>CONFIGFILE</replaceable></arg>
  60                 </cmdsynopsis>
  61
  62                 <para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename></para>
  63                 <para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</filename></para>
  64                 <para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</filename></para>
  65                 <para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</filename></para>
  66         </refsynopsisdiv>
  67
  68         <refsect1>
  69                 <title>Description</title>
  70
  71                 <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> creates,
  72                 deletes, and cleans up volatile and temporary files and
  73                 directories, based on the configuration file format and
  74                 location specified in
  75                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
  76                 </para>
  77
  78                 <para>If invoked with no arguments, it applies all
  79                 directives from all configuration files. If one or
  80                 more filenames are passed on the command line, only
  81                 the directives in these files are applied. If only
  82                 the basename of a configuration file is specified,
  83                 all configuration directories as specified in
  84                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  85                 are searched for a matching file.</para>
  86         </refsect1>
  87
  88         <refsect1>
  89                 <title>Options</title>
  90
  91                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
  92
  93                 <variablelist>
  94                         <varlistentry>
  95                                 <term><option>-h</option></term>
  96                                 <term><option>--help</option></term>
  97
  98                                 <listitem><para>Prints a short help
  99                                 text and exits.</para></listitem>
 100                         </varlistentry>
 101
 102                         <varlistentry>
 103                                 <term><option>--version</option></term>
 104
 105                                 <listitem><para>Prints a short version
 106                                 string and exits.</para></listitem>
 107                         </varlistentry>
 108
 109                         <varlistentry>
 110                                 <term><option>--create</option></term>
 111                                 <listitem><para>If this option is
 112                                 passed, all files and directories
 113                                 marked with <varname>f</varname>,
 114                                 <varname>F</varname>,
 115                                 <varname>w</varname>,
 116                                 <varname>d</varname>,
 117                                 <varname>D</varname>,
 118                                 <varname>p</varname>,
 119                                 <varname>L</varname>,
 120                                 <varname>c</varname>,
 121                                 <varname>b</varname>,
 122                                 <varname>m</varname> in the
 123                                 configuration files are created or
 124                                 written to. Files and directories
 125                                 marked with <varname>z</varname>,
 126                                 <varname>Z</varname>,
 127                                 <varname>m</varname> have their
 128                                 ownership, access mode and security
 129                                 labels set. </para></listitem>
 130                         </varlistentry>
 131
 132                         <varlistentry>
 133                                 <term><option>--clean</option></term>
 134                                 <listitem><para>If this option is
 135                                 passed, all files and directories with
 136                                 an age parameter configured will be
 137                                 cleaned up.</para></listitem>
 138                         </varlistentry>
 139
 140                         <varlistentry>
 141                                 <term><option>--remove</option></term>
 142                                 <listitem><para>If this option is
 143                                 passed, all files and directories
 144                                 marked with <varname>r</varname>,
 145                                 <varname>R</varname> in the
 146                                 configuration files are
 147                                 removed.</para></listitem>
 148                         </varlistentry>
 149                         <varlistentry>
 150                                 <term><option>--unsafe</option></term>
 151                                 <listitem><para>Also execute lines
 152                                 with an exclamation mark.
 153                                 </para></listitem>
 154                         </varlistentry>
 155                         <varlistentry>
 156                                 <term><option>--prefix=PATH</option></term>
 157                                 <listitem><para>Only apply rules that
 158                                 apply to paths with the specified
 159                                 prefix. This option can be specified
 160                                 multiple times.</para></listitem>
 161                         </varlistentry>
 162                         <varlistentry>
 163                                 <term><option>--exclude-prefix=PATH</option></term>
 164                                 <listitem><para>Ignore rules that
 165                                 apply to paths with the specified
 166                                 prefix. This option can be specified
 167                                 multiple times.</para></listitem>
 168                         </varlistentry>
 169                 </variablelist>
 170
 171                 <para>It is possible to combine
 172                 <option>--create</option>, <option>--clean</option>,
 173                 and <option>--remove</option> in one invocation. For
 174                 example, during boot the following command line is
 175                 executed to ensure that all temporary and volatile
 176                 directories are removed and created according to the
 177                 configuration file:</para>
 178
 179                 <programlisting>systemd-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting>
 180
 181         </refsect1>
 182
 183         <refsect1>
 184                 <title>Exit status</title>
 185
 186                 <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
 187                 code otherwise.</para>
 188         </refsect1>
 189
 190         <refsect1>
 191                 <title>See Also</title>
 192                 <para>
 193                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 194                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 195                 </para>
 196         </refsect1>
 197
 198 </refentry>