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<refentry id="systemd-tmpfiles">

<refentryinfo>

<title>systemd-tmpfiles</title>

<productname>systemd</productname>

<authorgroup>

<author>

<contrib>Developer</contrib>

<firstname>Lennart</firstname>

<surname>Poettering</surname>

<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>

</author>

</authorgroup>

</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><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename></para>

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

<para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</filename></para>

<para><filename>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer</filename></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. If one or

more filenames are passed on the command line, only

the directives in these files are applied. 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.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Options</title>

<para>The following options are understood:</para>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-h</option></term>

<term><option>--help</option></term>

<listitem><para>Prints a short help

text and exits.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--version</option></term>

<listitem><para>Prints a short version

string and exits.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<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>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>m</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, all files and directories

marked with <varname>r</varname>,

<varname>R</varname> in the

configuration files are

removed.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--prefix=PATH</option></term>

<listitem><para>Only apply rules that

apply to paths with the specified

prefix. This option can be specified

multiple times.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--exclude-prefix=PATH</option></term>

<listitem><para>Ignore rules that

apply to paths with the specified

prefix. This option can be specified

multiple times.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

<para>It is possible to combine

<option>--create</option>, <option>--clean</option>,

and <option>--remove</option> in one invocation. 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>Exit status</title>

<para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure

code otherwise.</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>