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<refentry id="systemd-tmpfiles"
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-tmpfiles</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
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- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<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>
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</refsect1>
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