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Description of problem: systemd-tmp can clean directory, however, it only seems capable of cleaning the content nnot the directories Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL 7.x, Fedora How reproducible: The ipa-backup tool (for example) will create some "unpredictable" subdirectories. That is: the exact name of the directories is not known since the name contains a timestamp: [root@ipa backup]# ls -lrt /var/lib/ipa/backup/ total 84 drwx------. 2 root root 16384 Feb 19 16:14 lost+found drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Feb 19 16:16 ipa-data-2016-02-19-16-16-43 drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Feb 19 16:18 ipa-data-2016-02-19-16-18-38 drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Feb 20 03:20 ipa-data-2016-02-20-03-20-28 drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Feb 21 03:20 ipa-data-2016-02-21-03-20-28 drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Feb 22 03:44 ipa-data-2016-02-22-03-44-28 drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Feb 23 03:13 ipa-data-2016-02-23-03-13-29 drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Feb 24 03:51 ipa-data-2016-02-24-03-51-27 drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 03:22 ipa-data-2016-02-25-03-22-27 drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 03:20 ipa-data-2016-02-26-03-20-27 drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Feb 27 03:35 ipa-data-2016-02-27-03-35-30 drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Feb 28 03:39 ipa-data-2016-02-28-03-39-28 drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Feb 29 03:29 ipa-data-2016-02-29-03-29-27 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Mar 1 03:34 logs Now, using this configuration file for cleanup old backups: cat /etc/tmpfiles.d/ipa-backup.conf ## man 5 tmpfiles.d d /var/lib/ipa/backup/ipa-data-* 0700 root root 7d d /var/lib/ipa/backup/logs/* 0700 root root 7d The directory /var/lig/ipa/backup/logs will get cleaned up properly, files are removed after 7 days. Actual results: Old backups in /var/lib/ipa/backup/ipa-data-* removed after 7 days, including the directory itself. Dispite this config, old backups are not removed. Expected results: Removed old directories, including content Additional info: Changing d for r or R will not work since the Age is only accepted for s, D and x (man 5 tmpfiles.d) R /var/lib/ipa/backup/ipa-data-* 0700 root root 7d R /var/lib/ipa/backup/logs/* 0700 root root 7d
After evaluating this issue, there are no plans to address it further or fix it in an upcoming release. Therefore, it is being closed. If plans change such that this issue will be fixed in an upcoming release, then the bug can be reopened.