systemd-tmpfiles — Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories.
systemd-tmpfiles [OPTIONS...] [CONFIGURATION FILE...]
systemd-tmpfiles creates,
deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and
directories, based on the configuration from
/etc/tmpfiles.d/
. See
tmpfiles.d(5)
for more details on these files.
If invoked with no arguments applies all
directives from all configuration files in
/etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf
. If one or
more absolute file names are passed on the command
line only the directives in these files are
applied.
The following options are understood:
--create
If this option is passed all files and directories marked with f, F, d, D in the configuration files are created.
--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.
--prefix=PATH
Only apply rules that apply to paths with the specified prefix.
--help
Prints a short help text and exits.
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