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
           If this option is passed, all files and directories marked with f, F, w, d, D, p, L,
           c, b, m in the configuration files are created or written to. Files and directories
           marked with z, Z, m have their ownership, access mode and security labels set.

       --clean
           If this option is passed, all files and directories with an age parameter configured
           will be cleaned up.

       --remove
           If this option is passed, all files and directories marked with r, R in the
           configuration files are removed.

       --boot
           Also execute lines with an exclamation mark.

       --prefix=path
           Only apply rules that apply to paths with the specified prefix. This option can be
           specified multiple times.

       --exclude-prefix=path
           Ignore rules that apply to paths with the specified prefix. This option can be
           specified multiple times.

       --root=root
           Takes a directory path as an argument. All paths will be prefixed with the given
           alternate root path, including config search paths.

       -h, --help
           Print a short help text and exit.

       --version
           Print a short version string and exit.

       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

EXIT STATUS
       On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

SEE ALSO
       systemd(1), tmpfiles.d(5)



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