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| <refentry id="systemd-tmpfiles" |
| xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> |
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| <refentryinfo> |
| <title>systemd-tmpfiles</title> |
| <productname>systemd</productname> |
| </refentryinfo> |
| |
| <refmeta> |
| <refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle> |
| <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> |
| </refmeta> |
| |
| <refnamediv> |
| <refname>systemd-tmpfiles</refname> |
| <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</refname> |
| <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</refname> |
| <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</refname> |
| <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</refname> |
| <refpurpose>Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile |
| and temporary files and directories</refpurpose> |
| </refnamediv> |
| |
| <refsynopsisdiv> |
| <cmdsynopsis> |
| <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> |
| <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> |
| <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>CONFIGFILE</replaceable></arg> |
| </cmdsynopsis> |
| |
| <para>System units: |
| <literallayout><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename> |
| <filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</filename> |
| <filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</filename> |
| <filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</filename></literallayout></para> |
| |
| <para>User units: |
| <literallayout><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename> |
| <filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</filename> |
| <filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</filename></literallayout></para> |
| </refsynopsisdiv> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Description</title> |
| |
| <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> creates, deletes, and |
| cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories, based on |
| the configuration file format and location specified in |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para>If invoked with no arguments, it applies all directives from all configuration |
| files. When invoked with <option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option>, |
| arguments specified on the command line are used instead of the configuration file |
| <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>. Otherwise, if one or more absolute filenames are |
| passed on the command line, only the directives in these files are applied. If |
| <literal>-</literal> is specified instead of a filename, directives are read from |
| standard input. If only the basename of a configuration file is specified, all |
| configuration directories as specified in |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| are searched for a matching file and the file found that has the highest priority is |
| executed.</para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Options</title> |
| |
| <para>The following options are understood:</para> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--create</option></term> |
| <listitem><para>If this option is passed, all files and |
| directories marked with |
| <varname>f</varname>, |
| <varname>F</varname>, |
| <varname>w</varname>, |
| <varname>d</varname>, |
| <varname>D</varname>, |
| <varname>v</varname>, |
| <varname>p</varname>, |
| <varname>L</varname>, |
| <varname>c</varname>, |
| <varname>b</varname>, |
| <varname>m</varname> |
| in the configuration files are created or written to. Files |
| and directories marked with |
| <varname>z</varname>, |
| <varname>Z</varname>, |
| <varname>t</varname>, |
| <varname>T</varname>, |
| <varname>a</varname>, and |
| <varname>A</varname> have their ownership, access mode and |
| security labels set.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--clean</option></term> |
| <listitem><para>If this option is passed, all files and |
| directories with an age parameter configured will be cleaned |
| up.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--remove</option></term> |
| <listitem><para>If this option is passed, the contents of |
| directories marked with <varname>D</varname> or |
| <varname>R</varname>, and files or directories themselves |
| marked with <varname>r</varname> or <varname>R</varname> are |
| removed.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--user</option></term> |
| <listitem><para>Execute "user" configuration, i.e. <filename>tmpfiles.d</filename> |
| files in user configuration directories.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--boot</option></term> |
| <listitem><para>Also execute lines with an exclamation mark. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--prefix=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term> |
| <listitem><para>Only apply rules with paths that start with |
| the specified prefix. This option can be specified multiple |
| times.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--exclude-prefix=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term> |
| <listitem><para>Ignore rules with paths that start with the |
| specified prefix. This option can be specified multiple |
| times.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--root=<replaceable>root</replaceable></option></term> |
| <listitem><para>Takes a directory path as an argument. All paths will be prefixed with the given alternate |
| <replaceable>root</replaceable> path, including config search paths.</para> |
| |
| <para>Note that this option does not alter how the users and groups specified in the configuration files are |
| resolved. With or without this option, users and groups are always resolved according to the host's user and |
| group databases, any such databases stored under the specified root directories are not |
| consulted.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option></term> |
| <listitem><para>When this option is given, one ore more positional arguments |
| must be specified. All configuration files found in the directories listed in |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| will be read, and the configuration given on the command line will be |
| handled instead of and with the same priority as the configuration file |
| <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>.</para> |
| |
| <para>This option is intended to be used when package installation scripts |
| are running and files belonging to that package are not yet available on |
| disk, so their contents must be given on the command line, but the admin |
| configuration might already exist and should be given higher priority. |
| </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 (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> |
| <title>Unprivileged --cleanup operation</title> |
| |
| <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> tries to avoid changing |
| the access and modification times on the directories it accesses, |
| which requires <constant>CAP_FOWNER</constant> privileges. When |
| running as non-root, directories which are checked for files to |
| clean up will have their access time bumped, which might prevent |
| their cleanup. |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Exit status</title> |
| |
| <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>). 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> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>See Also</title> |
| <para> |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| </refentry> |