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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2014-03-03 17:14:07 +0100 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2014-03-03 17:55:32 +0100 |
| commit | e66cf1a3f94fff48a572f6dbd19b43c9bcf7b8c7 (patch) | |
| tree | e3580f7a1e9aaca01ada8575a1ea50a7a32dd2d3 /man/tmpfiles.d.xml | |
| parent | b64a3d86bcc3b3698824019d0ebdc2117ad31bb5 (diff) | |
core: introduce new RuntimeDirectory= and RuntimeDirectoryMode= unit settings
As discussed on the ML these are useful to manage runtime directories
below /run for services.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/tmpfiles.d.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/tmpfiles.d.xml | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml index 0a006d17a..343fad163 100644 --- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml +++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml @@ -61,6 +61,23 @@ temporary files and directories which usually reside in directories such as <filename>/run</filename> or <filename>/tmp</filename>.</para> + + <para>Volatile and temporary files and directories are + those located in <filename>/run</filename> (and its + alias <filename>/var/run</filename>), + <filename>/tmp</filename>, + <filename>/var/tmp</filename>, the API file systems + such as <filename>/sys</filename> or + <filename>/proc</filename>, as well as some other + directories below <filename>/var</filename>.</para> + + <para>System daemons frequently require private + runtime directories below <filename>/run</filename> to + place communication sockets and similar in. For these + consider declaring them in their unit files using + <varname>RuntimeDirectory=</varname> + (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details), + if this is feasible.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> @@ -458,7 +475,8 @@ x /var/tmp/abrt/*</programlisting> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> |