<listitem><para>These options take a whitespace-separated list of directory names. The specified directory
names must be relative, and may not include <literal>..</literal>. If set, one or more
- directories by the specified names will be created (including their parents) below <filename>/run</filename>
- (or <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname> for user services), <filename>/var/lib</filename> (or
- <varname>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</varname> for user services), <filename>/var/cache</filename> (or
- <varname>$XDG_CACHE_HOME</varname> for user services), <filename>/var/log</filename> (or
- <varname>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</varname><filename>/log</filename> for user services), or <filename>/etc</filename>
- (or <varname>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</varname> for user services), respectively, when the unit is started.</para>
-
+ directories by the specified names will be created (including their parents) below the locations
+ defined in the following table, when the unit is started.</para>
+ <table>
+ <title>Automatic directory creation</title>
+ <tgroup cols='3'>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Locations</entry>
+ <entry>for system</entry>
+ <entry>for users</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><varname>RuntimeDirectory=</varname></entry>
+ <entry><filename>/run</filename></entry>
+ <entry><varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><varname>StateDirectory=</varname></entry>
+ <entry><filename>/var/lib</filename></entry>
+ <entry><varname>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</varname></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><varname>CacheDirectory=</varname></entry>
+ <entry><filename>/var/cache</filename></entry>
+ <entry><varname>$XDG_CACHE_HOME</varname></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><varname>LogsDirectory=</varname></entry>
+ <entry><filename>/var/log</filename></entry>
+ <entry><varname>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</varname><filename>/log</filename></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><varname>ConfigurationDirectory=</varname></entry>
+ <entry><filename>/etc</filename></entry>
+ <entry><varname>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</varname></entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
<para>In case of <varname>RuntimeDirectory=</varname> the lowest subdirectories are removed when the unit is
stopped. It is possible to preserve the specified directories in this case if
<varname>RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=</varname> is configured to <option>restart</option> or <option>yes</option>