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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
           If this option is passed, all files and directories marked with f, F, w, d, D, v, p, L, c, b, m in the
           configuration files are created or written to. Files and directories marked with z, Z, t, T, a, and A 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, the contents of directories marked with D or R, and files or directories
           themselves marked with r or R are removed.

       --boot
           Also execute lines with an exclamation mark.

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

       --exclude-prefix=path
           Ignore rules with paths that start 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.

       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(1), tmpfiles.d(5)



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