poky/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles

This configuration file lists filesystem objects that should get verified

during startup and be created if missing.

Every line must either be a comment starting with

or a definition of format:

[]

where the items are separated by whitespace !

: d|f|l : (d)irectory|(f)ile|(l)ink

A linking example:

l root root 0777 /var/test /tmp/testfile

f root root 0644 /var/test

Understanding links:

When populate-volatile is to verify/create a directory or file, it will first

check it's existence. If a link is found to exist in the place of the target,

the path of the target is replaced with the target the link points to.

Thus, if a link is in the place to be verified, the object will be created

in the place the link points to instead.

This explains the order of "link before object" as in the example above, where

a link will be created at /var/test pointing to /tmp/testfile and due to this

link the file defined as /var/test will actually be created as /tmp/testfile.

d root root 0775 /var d root root 0755 /var/backups d root root 0755 /var/cache d root root 0755 /var/lib d root root 0755 /var/lib/ipkg d root root 0755 /var/lib/misc d root root 2775 /var/local d root root 1777 /var/lock d root root 0755 /var/lock/subsys d root root 0755 /var/log d root root 0755 /var/run d root root 0755 /var/spool d root root 1777 /var/tmp f root root 0664 /var/run/utmp f root root 0664 /var/log/wtmp f root root 0664 /var/log/lastlog