Doh! How do I make a simple systemd service...? [SOLVED]

I've procrastinated long enough.
I have a few symbolic links from various locations that all lead to directories in /tmp or /dev/shm. These directories were simply created by mkdir in rc.local, and I've forgotten about it sometime ago.
I want systemd to do something like:
mkdir -p /tmp/foo/bar
chmod -R o+rw /tmp/foo/bar
everytime I start up my computer. I used to have it all in rc.local and it's far simpler than what most people's startup scripts look like.
I tried making this service file, but I'm doing something wrong (due to my lack of understanding, please forgive me). It shows up as a static service.
[Unit]
Description=rc.local ported to systemd
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/rc.local
The rc.local file referenced was simply copied before initscripts were removed. It contains the series of mkdir and chmod commands (and nothing more).
-ak
Last edited by akspecs (2013-02-18 03:27:43)

cfr wrote:I *think* the way to do this is with temp files but I've never actually had to use these myself. Bound to be in the wiki, though.
the manpage for this is tmpfiles.d (5).

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