f+ /file/to/create-or-truncate mode user group - content
w /file/to/write-to - - - - content
w+ /file/to/append-to - - - - content
-d /directory/to/create-and-cleanup mode user group cleanup-age -
+d /directory/to/create-and-clean-up mode user group cleanup-age -
D /directory/to/create-and-remove mode user group cleanup-age -
-e /directory/to/cleanup mode user group cleanup-age -
+e /directory/to/clean-up mode user group cleanup-age -
v /subvolume-or-directory/to/create mode user group cleanup-age -
q /subvolume-or-directory/to/create mode user group cleanup-age -
Q /subvolume-or-directory/to/create mode user group cleanup-age -
C /target/to/create - - - cleanup-age /source/to/copy
x /path-or-glob/to/ignore/recursively - - - cleanup-age -
X /path-or-glob/to/ignore - - - cleanup-age -
-r /empty/dir/to/remove - - - - -
-R /dir/to/remove/recursively - - - - -
+r /path-or-glob/to/remove - - - - -
+R /path-or-glob/to/remove/recursively - - - - -
z /path-or-glob/to/adjust/mode mode user group - -
Z /path-or-glob/to/adjust/mode/recursively mode user group - -
t /path-or-glob/to/set/xattrs - - - - xattrs
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>d</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Create a directory. The mode and ownership will be adjusted if specified. Contents
- of this directory are subject to time based cleanup if the age argument is specified.
+ of this directory are subject to time-based cleanup if the age argument is specified.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Adjust the mode and ownership of existing directories and remove their contents
based on age.
Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names. Contents of the
- directories are subject to time based cleanup if the age argument is specified. If the age argument
+ directories are subject to time-based cleanup if the age argument is specified. If the age argument
is <literal>0</literal>, contents will be unconditionally deleted every time
<command>systemd-tmpfiles --clean</command> is run.</para>
skipped. If the argument is omitted, files from the source directory
<filename>/usr/share/factory/</filename> with the same name
are copied. Does not follow symlinks. Contents of the directories
- are subject to time based cleanup if the age argument is specified.
+ are subject to time-based cleanup if the age argument is specified.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</programlisting>
<para>The directory will be owned by root and have default mode. Its contents are
- not subject to time based cleanup, but will be obliterated when
+ not subject to time-based cleanup, but will be obliterated when
<command>systemd-tmpfiles --remove</command> runs.</para>
</example>