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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2018-10-29 19:40:42 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2018-11-08 09:52:16 +0100
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man: document that removal/clean-up is done before creation in systemd-tmpfiles
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diff --git a/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml b/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml
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@@ -176,14 +176,12 @@
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
</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
+ <para>It is possible to combine <option>--create</option>, <option>--clean</option>, and <option>--remove</option>
+ in one invocation (in which case removal and clean-up are executed before creation of new files). 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>systemd-tmpfiles --remove --create</programlisting>
-
</refsect1>
<refsect1>