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2N/A<refentry id="systemd-tmpfiles">

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2N/A <refentryinfo>

2N/A <title>systemd-tmpfiles</title>

2N/A <productname>systemd</productname>

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3817N/A <authorgroup>

2N/A <author>

2N/A <contrib>Developer</contrib>

2N/A <firstname>Lennart</firstname>

59N/A <surname>Poettering</surname>

59N/A <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>

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2N/A </refentryinfo>

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26N/A <refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle>

2N/A <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

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38N/A <refnamediv>

1470N/A <refname>systemd-tmpfiles</refname>

1470N/A <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</refname>

1470N/A <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</refname>

181N/A <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</refname>

26N/A <refname>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</refname>

4811N/A <refpurpose>Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile

4811N/A and temporary files and directories</refpurpose>

4811N/A </refnamediv>

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3739N/A <refsynopsisdiv>

3739N/A <cmdsynopsis>

3739N/A <command>systemd-tmpfiles <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">CONFIGURATION FILE</arg></command>

3739N/A </cmdsynopsis>

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3739N/A <para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename></para>

3739N/A <para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</filename></para>

3817N/A <para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</filename></para>

3817N/A <para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</filename></para>

26N/A </refsynopsisdiv>

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26N/A <refsect1>

26N/A <title>Description</title>

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26N/A <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> creates,

26N/A deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and

700N/A directories, based on the configuration file format and

700N/A location specified in <citerefentry>

26N/A <refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle>

26N/A <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>

26N/A </citerefentry>.</para>

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1498N/A <para>If invoked with no arguments, it applies all

26N/A directives from all configuration files. If one or

1498N/A more file names are passed on the command line, only

151N/A the directives in these files are applied. If only

206N/A the basename of a configuration file is specified,

26N/A all configuration directories as specified in <citerefentry>

26N/A <refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle>

26N/A <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>

26N/A </citerefentry> are searched for a matching file.</para>

26N/A </refsect1>

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2818N/A <refsect1>

2830N/A <title>Options</title>

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3998N/A <para>The following options are understood:</para>

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3294N/A <variablelist>

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2N/A <varlistentry>

4747N/A <term><option>--create</option></term>

4437N/A <listitem><para>If this option is passed all

4437N/A files and directories marked with f,

4488N/A F, d, D in the configuration files are

4488N/A created. Files and directories marked with z,

4437N/A Z have their ownership, access mode and security

4437N/A labels set.</para></listitem>

26N/A </varlistentry>

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26N/A <varlistentry>

26N/A <term><option>--clean</option></term>

883N/A <listitem><para>If this option is

26N/A passed all files and directories with

26N/A an age parameter configured will be

26N/A cleaned up.</para></listitem>

26N/A </varlistentry>

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4953N/A <varlistentry>

4953N/A <term><option>--remove</option></term>

586N/A <listitem><para>If this option is

26N/A passed all files and directories marked

5329N/A with r, R in the configuration files

5329N/A are removed.</para></listitem>

93N/A </varlistentry>

5329N/A <varlistentry>

5329N/A <term><option>--prefix=PATH</option></term>

166N/A <listitem><para>Only apply rules that

26N/A apply to paths with the specified

379N/A prefix.</para></listitem>

379N/A </varlistentry>

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1498N/A <varlistentry>

4518N/A <term><option>--help</option></term>

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2899N/A <listitem><para>Prints a short help

2236N/A text and exits.</para></listitem>

2818N/A </varlistentry>

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2N/A </variablelist>

26N/A

26N/A <para>It is possible to combine

181N/A <option>--create</option>, <option>--clean</option>,

181N/A and <option>--remove</option> in one invocation. For

4353N/A example, during boot the following command line is

4353N/A executed to ensure that all temporary and volatile

4353N/A directories are removed and created according to the

4488N/A configuration file:</para>

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59N/A <programlisting>systemd-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting>

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30N/A </refsect1>

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4811N/A <refsect1>

4811N/A <title>Exit status</title>

1256N/A

1256N/A <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure

1256N/A code otherwise.</para>

2818N/A </refsect1>

1256N/A

1256N/A <refsect1>

1256N/A <title>See Also</title>

1256N/A <para>

1256N/A <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

1256N/A <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

1256N/A </para>

1256N/A </refsect1>

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2818N/A</refentry>

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