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| 22 | <span style="float:right">systemd 221</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="systemd-tmpfiles"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>systemd-tmpfiles, systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service, systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service, systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service, systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer — Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile | |
| 23 | and temporary files and directories</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">systemd-tmpfiles</code> [OPTIONS...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>CONFIGFILE</code></em>...]</p></div><p><code class="filename">systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</code></p><p><code class="filename">systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</code></p><p><code class="filename">systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</code></p><p><code class="filename">systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</code></p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm47480562208528"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p><span class="command"><strong>systemd-tmpfiles</strong></span> creates, deletes, and | |
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24 | cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories, based on |
| 25 | the configuration file format and location specified in | |
| 26 | <a href="tmpfiles.d.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">tmpfiles.d</span>(5)</span></a>. | |
| 27 | </p><p>If invoked with no arguments, it applies all directives from | |
| 28 | all configuration files. If one or more filenames are passed on | |
| 29 | the command line, only the directives in these files are applied. | |
| 30 | If only the basename of a configuration file is specified, all | |
| 31 | configuration directories as specified in | |
| 32 | <a href="tmpfiles.d.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">tmpfiles.d</span>(5)</span></a> | |
| 86f210e9 | 33 | are searched for a matching file.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm47480562204448"></a><h2 id="Options">Options<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Options">¶</a></h2><p>The following options are understood:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="--create"><span class="term"><code class="option">--create</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--create">¶</a></dt><dd><p>If this option is passed, all files and |
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34 | directories marked with |
| 35 | <code class="varname">f</code>, | |
| 36 | <code class="varname">F</code>, | |
| 37 | <code class="varname">w</code>, | |
| 38 | <code class="varname">d</code>, | |
| 39 | <code class="varname">D</code>, | |
| 40 | <code class="varname">v</code>, | |
| 41 | <code class="varname">p</code>, | |
| 42 | <code class="varname">L</code>, | |
| 43 | <code class="varname">c</code>, | |
| 44 | <code class="varname">b</code>, | |
| 45 | <code class="varname">m</code> | |
| 46 | in the configuration files are created or written to. Files | |
| 47 | and directories marked with | |
| 48 | <code class="varname">z</code>, | |
| 49 | <code class="varname">Z</code>, | |
| 50 | <code class="varname">t</code>, | |
| 51 | <code class="varname">T</code>, | |
| 52 | <code class="varname">a</code>, and | |
| 53 | <code class="varname">A</code> have their ownership, access mode and | |
| 54 | security labels set. </p></dd><dt id="--clean"><span class="term"><code class="option">--clean</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--clean">¶</a></dt><dd><p>If this option is passed, all files and | |
| 55 | directories with an age parameter configured will be cleaned | |
| 56 | up.</p></dd><dt id="--remove"><span class="term"><code class="option">--remove</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--remove">¶</a></dt><dd><p>If this option is passed, the contents of | |
| 57 | directories marked with <code class="varname">D</code> or | |
| 58 | <code class="varname">R</code>, and files or directories themselves | |
| 59 | marked with <code class="varname">r</code> or <code class="varname">R</code> are | |
| 60 | removed.</p></dd><dt id="--boot"><span class="term"><code class="option">--boot</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--boot">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Also execute lines with an exclamation mark. | |
| 61 | </p></dd><dt id="--prefix=path"><span class="term"><code class="option">--prefix=<em class="replaceable"><code>path</code></em></code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--prefix=path">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Only apply rules with paths that start with | |
| 62 | the specified prefix. This option can be specified multiple | |
| 63 | times.</p></dd><dt id="--exclude-prefix=path"><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-prefix=<em class="replaceable"><code>path</code></em></code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--exclude-prefix=path">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Ignore rules with paths that start with the | |
| 64 | specified prefix. This option can be specified multiple | |
| 65 | times.</p></dd><dt id="--root=root"><span class="term"><code class="option">--root=<em class="replaceable"><code>root</code></em></code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--root=root">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Takes a directory path as an argument. All | |
| 66 | paths will be prefixed with the given alternate | |
| 67 | <em class="replaceable"><code>root</code></em> path, including config search | |
| 68 | paths. </p></dd><dt id="-h"><span class="term"><code class="option">-h</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#-h">¶</a></dt><dd><p><a name="help-text"></a>Print a short help text and exit. | |
| 69 | </p></dd><dt id="--version"><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--version">¶</a></dt><dd><p><a name="version-text"></a>Print a short version string and exit.</p></dd></dl></div><p>It is possible to combine <code class="option">--create</code>, | |
| 70 | <code class="option">--clean</code>, and <code class="option">--remove</code> in one | |
| 71 | invocation. For example, during boot the following command line is | |
| 72 | executed to ensure that all temporary and volatile directories are | |
| 86f210e9 | 73 | removed and created according to the configuration file:</p><pre class="programlisting">systemd-tmpfiles --remove --create</pre></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm47480562179104"></a><h2 id="Unprivileged --cleanup operation">Unprivileged --cleanup operation<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Unprivileged%20--cleanup%20operation">¶</a></h2><p><span class="command"><strong>systemd-tmpfiles</strong></span> tries to avoid changing |
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74 | the access and modification times on the directories it accesses, |
| 75 | which requires <code class="constant">CAP_ADMIN</code> privileges. When | |
| 76 | running as non-root, directories which are checked for files to | |
| 77 | clean up will have their access time bumped, which might prevent | |
| 78 | their cleanup. | |
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79 | </p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm47480562176752"></a><h2 id="Exit status">Exit status<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Exit%20status">¶</a></h2><p>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code |
| 80 | otherwise.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm47480562175600"></a><h2 id="See Also">See Also<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#See%20Also">¶</a></h2><p> | |
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81 | <a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>, |
| 82 | <a href="tmpfiles.d.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">tmpfiles.d</span>(5)</span></a> | |
| 83 | </p></div></div></body></html> |