<refsect2>
<title>Type</title>
- <para>The type consists of a single letter and optionally an
- exclamation mark and/or minus sign.</para>
+ <para>The type consists of a single letter and optionally an exclamation mark (<literal>!</literal>)
+ and/or minus sign (<literal>-</literal>).</para>
<para>The following line types are understood:</para>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- <para>If the exclamation mark is used, this line is only safe to
- execute during boot, and can break a running system. Lines
- without the exclamation mark are presumed to be safe to execute
- at any time, e.g. on package upgrades.
- <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> will execute line with an
- exclamation mark only if option <option>--boot</option> is
- given.</para>
+ <para>If the exclamation mark (<literal>!</literal>) is used, this line is only safe to execute during
+ boot, and can break a running system. Lines without the exclamation mark are presumed to be safe to
+ execute at any time, e.g. on package upgrades. <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> will take lines with
+ an exclamation mark only into consideration, if the <option>--boot</option> option is given.</para>
<para>For example:
<programlisting># Make sure these are created by default so that nobody else can
running system, and will only be executed with
<option>--boot</option>.</para>
- <para>If the minus sign is used, this line failing to run
- successfully during create (and only create) will not cause
- the execution of <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> to return
+ <para>If the minus sign (<literal>-</literal>) is used, this line failing to run successfully during
+ create (and only create) will not cause the execution of <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> to return
an error.</para>
<para>For example: