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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml index 35b762ca3f..e7a87c5839 100644 --- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml +++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null</programlisting> <title>Type</title> <para>The type consists of a single letter and optionally an exclamation mark (<literal>!</literal>) - and/or minus sign (<literal>-</literal>).</para> + minus sign (<literal>-</literal>), and/or equals sign (<literal>=</literal>).</para> <para>The following line types are understood:</para> @@ -482,6 +482,11 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock</programlisting> <programlisting># Modify sysfs but don't fail if we are in a container with a read-only /proc w- /proc/sys/vm/swappiness - - - - 10</programlisting></para> + <para>If the equals sign (<literal>=</literal>) is used, the file types of existing objects in the specified path + are checked, and removed if they do not match. This includes any implicitly created parent directories (which can + be either directories or directory symlinks). For example, if there is a FIFO in place of one of the parent path + components it will be replaced with a directory.</para> + <para>Note that for all line types that result in creation of any kind of file node (i.e. <varname>f</varname>/<varname>F</varname>, <varname>d</varname>/<varname>D</varname>/<varname>v</varname>/<varname>q</varname>/<varname>Q</varname>, |