Action
Removes everything from directories configured for the specified unit.
systemd.timer units clear timestamp data when Persistent= is supplied.
Example command
systemctl clean dirty.service
Options
--what
Example
Clean all directories
systemctl clean --what=all badstate.service
Clean the log directory
systemctl clean --what=logs badlogs.service
Options
- configuration
- state
- cache
- logs
- runtime
- all
Default paths
| Directory | Below path for system units | Below path for user units | Environment variable set |
|---|---|---|---|
| RuntimeDirectory= | /run/ | $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR | $RUNTIME_DIRECTORY |
| StateDirectory= | /var/lib/ | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME | $STATE_DIRECTORY |
| CacheDirectory= | /var/cache/ | $XDG_CACHE_HOME | $CACHE_DIRECTORY |
| LogsDirectory= | /var/log/ | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/log/ | $LOGS_DIRECTORY |
| ConfigurationDirectory= | /etc/ | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME | $CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY |