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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>
<refpurpose>Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile
and temporary files and directories.</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>systemd-tmpfiles <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">CONFIGURATION FILE</arg></command>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> creates,
deletes and cleans up volatile ad temporary files and
directories, based on the configuration from
<filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename>. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more details on these files.</para>
<para>If invoked with no arguments applies all
directives from all configuration files in
<filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename>. If one or
more absolute file names are passed on the command
line only the directives in these files are
applied.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--create</option></term>
<listitem><para>If this option is passed all
files and directories marked with f,
F, d, D in the configuration files are
created.</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 r, R 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.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prints a short help
text and exits.</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>systemctl-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>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpwatch</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>