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SYSTEMD-TMPFILES(8) | systemd-tmpfiles | SYSTEMD-TMPFILES(8) |
NAME¶
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 and temporary files and directories
SYNOPSIS¶
systemd-tmpfiles [OPTIONS...] [CONFIGFILE...]
systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer
DESCRIPTION¶
systemd-tmpfiles creates, deletes, and cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories, based on the configuration file format and location specified in tmpfiles.d(5).
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 tmpfiles.d(5) are searched for a matching file.
OPTIONS¶
The following options are understood:
--create
--clean
--remove
--boot
--prefix=path
--exclude-prefix=path
--root=root
-h, --help
--version
It is possible to combine --create, --clean, and --remove 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:
systemd-tmpfiles --remove --create
UNPRIVILEGED --CLEANUP OPERATION¶
systemd-tmpfiles tries to avoid changing the access and modification times on the directories it accesses, which requires CAP_ADMIN 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.
EXIT STATUS¶
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
SEE ALSO¶
systemd 219 |