systemd-tmpfiles systemd Developer Lennart Poettering lennart@poettering.net systemd-tmpfiles 8 systemd-tmpfiles Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories. systemd-tmpfiles OPTIONS CONFIGURATION FILE Description systemd-tmpfiles creates, deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories, based on the configuration from /etc/tmpfiles.d/. See tmpfiles.d5 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. Options The following options are understood: If this option is passed all files and directories marked with f, F, d, D in the configuration files are created. If this option is passed all files and directories with an age parameter configured will be cleaned up. If this option is passed all files and directories marked with r, R in the configuration files are removed. Only apply rules that apply to paths with the specified prefix. Prints a short help text and exits. It is possible to combine , , and 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: systemctl-tmpfiles --remove --create Exit status On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise. See Also systemd1, tmpfiles.d5, tmpwatch8