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author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2020-05-10 11:44:53 +0200 |
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committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2020-05-10 11:44:53 +0200 |
commit | f742f9d317698c81ec58828814081d8d8a013762 (patch) | |
tree | f17becca532c39c979e3512044cac03e8cfd3f1f /man/tmpfiles.d.xml | |
parent | f1eb0ccd9e7698a591c16d1ae58920449feb4c78 (diff) | |
download | systemd-f742f9d317698c81ec58828814081d8d8a013762.tar.gz |
man: mention the exclamation mark and minus sign literally, to make things searchable
I was looking for the explanation for the exclamation mark in the text,
and couldn't find it, searching for "!". Let's make this easier, and
indicate the character meant.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/tmpfiles.d.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | man/tmpfiles.d.xml | 20 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml index 90234c3d43..1e761e9b05 100644 --- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml +++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml @@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null</programlisting> <refsect2> <title>Type</title> - <para>The type consists of a single letter and optionally an - exclamation mark and/or minus sign.</para> + <para>The type consists of a single letter and optionally an exclamation mark (<literal>!</literal>) + and/or minus sign (<literal>-</literal>).</para> <para>The following line types are understood:</para> @@ -453,13 +453,10 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null</programlisting> </varlistentry> </variablelist> - <para>If the exclamation mark is used, this line is only safe to - execute during boot, and can break a running system. Lines - without the exclamation mark are presumed to be safe to execute - at any time, e.g. on package upgrades. - <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> will execute line with an - exclamation mark only if option <option>--boot</option> is - given.</para> + <para>If the exclamation mark (<literal>!</literal>) is used, this line is only safe to execute during + boot, and can break a running system. Lines without the exclamation mark are presumed to be safe to + execute at any time, e.g. on package upgrades. <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> will take lines with + an exclamation mark only into consideration, if the <option>--boot</option> option is given.</para> <para>For example: <programlisting># Make sure these are created by default so that nobody else can @@ -471,9 +468,8 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock</programlisting> running system, and will only be executed with <option>--boot</option>.</para> - <para>If the minus sign is used, this line failing to run - successfully during create (and only create) will not cause - the execution of <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> to return + <para>If the minus sign (<literal>-</literal>) is used, this line failing to run successfully during + create (and only create) will not cause the execution of <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> to return an error.</para> <para>For example: |