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<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
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<refentry id="systemd-tmpfiles"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>systemd-tmpfiles</title>
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<productname>systemd</productname>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>systemd-tmpfiles</refname>
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<refname>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</refname>
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<refname>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</refname>
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<refname>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</refname>
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<refname>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</refname>
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<refpurpose>Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile
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and temporary files and directories</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>systemd-tmpfiles</command>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>CONFIGFILE</replaceable></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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<para>System units:
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<literallayout><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename>
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<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</filename>
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<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</filename>
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<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</filename></literallayout></para>
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<para>User units:
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<literallayout><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename>
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<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</filename>
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<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</filename></literallayout></para>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> creates, deletes, and
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cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories, based on
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the configuration file format and location specified in
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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</para>
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<para>If invoked with no arguments, it applies all directives from all configuration
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files. When invoked with <option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option>,
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arguments specified on the command line are used instead of the configuration file
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<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>. Otherwise, if one or more absolute filenames are
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passed on the command line, only the directives in these files are applied. If
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<literal>-</literal> is specified instead of a filename, directives are read from
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standard input. If only the basename of a configuration file is specified, all
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configuration directories as specified in
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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are searched for a matching file and the file found that has the highest priority is
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executed.</para>
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<para>System services (<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename>,
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<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</filename>,
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<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</filename>) invoke <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> to create
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system files and to perform system wide cleanup. Those services read administrator-controlled
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configuration files in <filename>tmpfiles.d/</filename> directories. User services
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(<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename>,
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<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</filename>) also invoke <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command>, but
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it reads a separate set of files, which includes user-controlled files under
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<filename>~/.config/user-tmpfiles.d/</filename> and <filename>~/.local/share/user-tmpfiles.d/</filename>,
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and administrator-controlled files under <filename>/usr/share/user-tmpfiles.d/</filename>. Users may use
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this to create and clean up files under their control, but the system instance performs global cleanup
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and is not influenced by user configuration. Note that this means a time-based cleanup configured in the
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system instance, such as the one typically configured for <filename>/tmp/</filename>, will thus also
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affect files created by the user instance if they are placed in <filename>/tmp/</filename>, even if the
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user instance's time-based cleanup is turned off.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Options</title>
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<para>The following options are understood:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--create</option></term>
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<listitem><para>If this option is passed, all files and
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directories marked with
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<varname>f</varname>,
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<varname>F</varname>,
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<varname>w</varname>,
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<varname>d</varname>,
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<varname>D</varname>,
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<varname>v</varname>,
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<varname>p</varname>,
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<varname>L</varname>,
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<varname>c</varname>,
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<varname>b</varname>,
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<varname>m</varname>
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in the configuration files are created or written to. Files
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and directories marked with
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<varname>z</varname>,
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<varname>Z</varname>,
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<varname>t</varname>,
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<varname>T</varname>,
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<varname>a</varname>, and
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<varname>A</varname> have their ownership, access mode and
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security labels set.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--clean</option></term>
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<listitem><para>If this option is passed, all files and
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directories with an age parameter configured will be cleaned
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up.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--remove</option></term>
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<listitem><para>If this option is passed, the contents of
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directories marked with <varname>D</varname> or
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<varname>R</varname>, and files or directories themselves
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marked with <varname>r</varname> or <varname>R</varname> are
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removed.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--user</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Execute "user" configuration, i.e. <filename>tmpfiles.d</filename>
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files in user configuration directories.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--boot</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Also execute lines with an exclamation mark.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--prefix=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>Only apply rules with paths that start with
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the specified prefix. This option can be specified multiple
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times.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--exclude-prefix=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>Ignore rules with paths that start with the
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specified prefix. This option can be specified multiple
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times.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-E</option></term>
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<listitem><para>A shortcut for <literal>--exclude-prefix=/dev --exclude-prefix=/proc
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--exclude-prefix=/run --exclude-prefix=/sys</literal>, i.e. exclude the hierarchies typically backed
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by virtual or memory file systems. This is useful in combination with <option>--root=</option>, if
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the specified directory tree contains an OS tree without these virtual/memory file systems mounted
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in, as it is typically not desirable to create any files and directories below these subdirectories
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if they are supposed to be overmounted during runtime.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--root=<replaceable>root</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>Takes a directory path as an argument. All paths will be prefixed with the given alternate
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<replaceable>root</replaceable> path, including config search paths.</para>
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<para>When this option is used, the libc Name Service Switch (NSS) is bypassed for resolving users
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and groups. Instead the files <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename>
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inside the alternate root are read directly. This means that users/groups not listed in these files
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will not be resolved, i.e. LDAP NIS and other complex databases are not considered.</para>
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<para>Consider combining this with <option>-E</option> to ensure the invocation does not create files
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or directories below mount points in the OS image operated on that are typically overmounted during
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runtime.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--image=<replaceable>image</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>Takes a path to a disk image file or block device node. If specified all operations
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are applied to file system in the indicated disk image. This is similar to <option>--root=</option>
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but operates on file systems stored in disk images or block devices. The disk image should either
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contain just a file system or a set of file systems within a GPT partition table, following the
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<ulink url="https://systemd.io/DISCOVERABLE_PARTITIONS">Discoverable Partitions
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Specification</ulink>. For further information on supported disk images, see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
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switch of the same name.</para>
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<para>Implies <option>-E</option>.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>When this option is given, one ore more positional arguments
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must be specified. All configuration files found in the directories listed in
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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will be read, and the configuration given on the command line will be
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handled instead of and with the same priority as the configuration file
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<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>.</para>
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<para>This option is intended to be used when package installation scripts
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are running and files belonging to that package are not yet available on
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disk, so their contents must be given on the command line, but the admin
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configuration might already exist and should be given higher priority.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="cat-config" />
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
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</variablelist>
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<para>It is possible to combine <option>--create</option>, <option>--clean</option>, and <option>--remove</option>
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in one invocation (in which case removal and cleanup are executed before creation of new files). For example,
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during boot the following command line is executed to ensure that all temporary and volatile directories are
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removed and created according to the configuration file:</para>
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<programlisting>systemd-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Unprivileged --cleanup operation</title>
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<para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> tries to avoid changing
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the access and modification times on the directories it accesses,
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which requires <constant>CAP_FOWNER</constant> privileges. When
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running as non-root, directories which are checked for files to
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clean up will have their access time bumped, which might prevent
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their cleanup.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Exit status</title>
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<para>On success, 0 is returned. If the configuration was syntactically invalid (syntax errors,
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missing arguments, …), so some lines had to be ignored, but no other errors occurred,
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<constant>65</constant> is returned (<constant>EX_DATAERR</constant> from
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<filename>/usr/include/sysexits.h</filename>). If the configuration was syntactically valid, but
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could not be executed (lack of permissions, creation of files in missing directories, invalid
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contents when writing to <filename>/sys/</filename> values, …), <constant>73</constant> is
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returned (<constant>EX_CANTCREAT</constant> from <filename>/usr/include/sysexits.h</filename>).
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Otherwise, <constant>1</constant> is returned (<constant>EXIT_FAILURE</constant> from
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<filename>/usr/include/stdlib.h</filename>).
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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