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man: document which tmpfiles line types follow symlinks

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Generally, we will not follow symlinks, except for "w".

Avoid documentation for now for fifo, device node, directory lines,
which currently follow symlinks but better shouldn't.
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Lennart Poettering 2015-04-13 15:18:09 +02:00
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@ -133,13 +133,13 @@
<term><varname>f</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Create a file if it does not exist yet. If
the argument parameter is given, it will be written to the
file.</para></listitem>
file. Does not follow symlinks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>F</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Create or truncate a file. If the argument
parameter is given, it will be written to the file.</para>
parameter is given, it will be written to the file. Does not follow symlinks.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -149,7 +149,8 @@
the file exists. Lines of this type accept shell-style
globs in place of normal path names. The argument parameter
will be written without a trailing newline. C-style
backslash escapes are interpreted.</para></listitem>
backslash escapes are interpreted. Follows
symlinks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@ -227,7 +228,7 @@
copy operation is skipped. If the argument is omitted, files
from the source directory
<filename>/usr/share/factory/</filename> with the same name
are copied.</para></listitem>
are copied. Does not follow symlinks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@ -259,7 +260,7 @@
This may not be used to remove non-empty directories, use
<varname>R</varname> for that. Lines of this type accept
shell-style globs in place of normal path
names.</para></listitem>
names. Does not follow symlinks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@ -267,7 +268,7 @@
<listitem><para>Recursively remove a path and all its
subdirectories (if it is a directory). Lines of this type
accept shell-style globs in place of normal path
names.</para></listitem>
names. Does not follow symlinks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@ -275,7 +276,7 @@
<listitem><para>Adjust the access mode, group and user, and
restore the SELinux security context of a file or directory,
if it exists. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in
place of normal path names.</para></listitem>
place of normal path names. Does not follow symlinks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@ -284,24 +285,24 @@
user, and restore the SELinux security context of a file or
directory if it exists, as well as of its subdirectories and
the files contained therein (if applicable). Lines of this
type accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names.
</para></listitem>
type accept shell-style globs in place of normal path
names. Does not follow symlinks. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>t</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Set extended attributes. Lines of this type
accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names.
This can be useful for setting SMACK labels.
</para></listitem>
This can be useful for setting SMACK labels. Does not follow
symlinks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>T</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Recursively set extended attributes. Lines
of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal
path names. This can be useful for setting SMACK labels.
</para></listitem>
path names. This can be useful for setting SMACK
labels. Does not follow symlinks. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@ -325,9 +326,9 @@
resets all the file attributes listed above. It has to be pointed
out that the <varname>=</varname> prefix, limits itself to the
attributes corresponding to the letters listed here. All other
attributes will be left untouched.
</para>
attributes will be left untouched.</para>
<para>Does not follow symlinks.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -335,7 +336,7 @@
<term><varname>H</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Recursively set file/directory attributes. Lines
of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal
path names.
path names. Does not follow symlinks.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -352,14 +353,15 @@
specified explicitly or already present. Lines of this type
accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names. This
can be useful for allowing additional access to certain
files.</para></listitem>
files. Does not follow symlinks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>A</varname></term>
<term><varname>A+</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Same as <varname>a</varname> and
<varname>a+</varname>, but recursive.</para></listitem>
<varname>a+</varname>, but recursive. Does not follow
symlinks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>