# systemd-tmpfiles

[`systemd-tmpfiles`](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-tmpfiles.html) can be used to create, delete, and clean up files and directories.
The system-wide configuration is in [`/etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf`](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/tmpfiles.d.html).


## Hiera Configuration

In Hiera below `profile::tmpfiles:` you can set several use cases (here `podman`) with individual configuration at `content` which contains the full configuration as documented in [`tmpfiles.d(5)`](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/tmpfiles.d.html):

```
profile::tmpfiles:
  podman:
    content: |
      # This file is distributed by Puppet: profile::tmpfiles
      #   See tmpfiles.d(5) for details

      # Remove podman temporary directories on each boot
      # https://github.com/containers/podman/discussions/23193
      R! /tmp/containers-user-*
      R! /tmp/podman-run-*
```

To undo above configuration requires

```
profile::tmpfiles:
  podman:
    ensure: absent
```