man/binfmt.d.xml

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        <refentryinfo>
                <title>binfmt.d</title>
                <productname>systemd</productname>

                <authorgroup>
                        <author>
                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
                                <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
                                <surname>Poettering</surname>
                                <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
                        </author>
                </authorgroup>
        </refentryinfo>

        <refmeta>
                <refentrytitle>binfmt.d</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
        </refmeta>

        <refnamediv>
                <refname>binfmt.d</refname>
                <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats at boot</refpurpose>
        </refnamediv>

        <refsynopsisdiv>
                <para><filename>/etc/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
        </refsynopsisdiv>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Description</title>

		<para><command>systemd</command> uses
		<filename>/etc/binfmt.d/</filename> to configure
		additional binary formats to register during boot in
		the kernel.  Each configuration file is named in the
		style of
		<filename>/etc/binfmt.d/&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.</para>


        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
		<title>Configuration Format</title>

                <para>Each file contains a list of binfmt_misc kernel
                binary format rules. Consult <ulink
                url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt">binfmt_misc.txt</ulink>
                for more information on registration of additional
                binary formats and how to write rules.</para>

                <para>Empty lines and lines beginning with ; and # are
                ignored. Note that this means you may not use ; and #
                as delimiter in binary format rules.</para>

                <para>Configuration files are loaded in alphabetical
                order. To ensure that a specific rule takes precedence
                over another place it in a file with an alphabetically
                later name.</para>

        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Example</title>
                <example>
                        <title>/etc/binfmt.d/wine.conf example:</title>

                        <programlisting># Start WINE on Windows executables
:DOSWin:M::MZ::/usr/bin/wine:</programlisting>
                </example>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>See Also</title>
                <para>
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                </para>
        </refsect1>

</refentry>