"Martin S. Weber" <ephae...@gmx.net> writes: > On 2018-02-27 12:46:46, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Tuesday 27 February 2018 06:46:50 Martin S. Weber wrote: >> >> > On 2018-02-27 05:03:15, Dave Sherohman wrote: >> > > (...) >> > > So, is there somewhere that /run is initially populated from, >> > > (...) >> > >> > man 5 tmpfiles.d, see also its SEE ALSO. >> > >> > Regards, >> > -Martin >> >> Apparently new with jessie. But neither the lone jessie install, or the >> only stretch install actually have files in that directory. > > In which of the three, /{etc,run,usr/lib}/tmpfiles.d ? According to > systemdese, > the distribution files belong in /usr/lib/ (check the directory, I believe you > won't find it empty), administrator adjustments in /etc (so no surprise a > vanilla install doesn't have those) and /run, uhmm.. Ask a systemd disciple.
Eh. It's in the docs. /run is for runtime generated, ephemeral units and other files. What stumped me at first is that /etc has priority over /run Mart -- "We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes." --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.