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25 <refentry id="binfmt.d" conditional='ENABLE_BINFMT'
26 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
27
28 <refentryinfo>
29 <title>binfmt.d</title>
30 <productname>systemd</productname>
31
32 <authorgroup>
33 <author>
34 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
35 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
36 <surname>Poettering</surname>
37 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
38 </author>
39 </authorgroup>
40 </refentryinfo>
41
42 <refmeta>
43 <refentrytitle>binfmt.d</refentrytitle>
44 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
45 </refmeta>
46
47 <refnamediv>
48 <refname>binfmt.d</refname>
49 <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats for
50 executables at boot</refpurpose>
51 </refnamediv>
52
53 <refsynopsisdiv>
54 <para><filename>/etc/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
55 <para><filename>/run/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
56 <para><filename>/usr/lib/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
57 </refsynopsisdiv>
58
59 <refsect1>
60 <title>Description</title>
61
62 <para>At boot,
63 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
64 reads configuration files from the above directories to register
65 in the kernel additional binary formats for executables.</para>
66 </refsect1>
67
68 <refsect1>
69 <title>Configuration Format</title>
70
71 <para>Each file contains a list of binfmt_misc kernel binary
72 format rules. Consult <ulink
73 url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt">binfmt_misc.txt</ulink>
74 for more information on registration of additional binary formats
75 and how to write rules.</para>
76
77 <para>Empty lines and lines beginning with ; and # are ignored.
78 Note that this means you may not use ; and # as delimiter in
79 binary format rules.</para>
80 </refsect1>
81
82 <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" />
83
84 <refsect1>
85 <title>Example</title>
86 <example>
87 <title>/etc/binfmt.d/wine.conf example:</title>
88
89 <programlisting># Start WINE on Windows executables
90 :DOSWin:M::MZ::/usr/bin/wine:</programlisting>
91 </example>
92 </refsect1>
93
94 <refsect1>
95 <title>See Also</title>
96 <para>
97 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
98 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
99 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
100 <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
101 </para>
102 </refsect1>
103
104 </refentry>