man/binfmt.d.xml

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   7 <refentry id="binfmt.d" conditional='ENABLE_BINFMT'
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  10   <refentryinfo>
  11     <title>binfmt.d</title>
  12     <productname>systemd</productname>
  13   </refentryinfo>
  14
  15   <refmeta>
  16     <refentrytitle>binfmt.d</refentrytitle>
  17     <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  18   </refmeta>
  19
  20   <refnamediv>
  21     <refname>binfmt.d</refname>
  22     <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats for
  23     executables at boot</refpurpose>
  24   </refnamediv>
  25
  26   <refsynopsisdiv>
  27     <para><filename>/etc/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
  28     <para><filename>/run/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
  29     <para><filename>/usr/lib/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
  30   </refsynopsisdiv>
  31
  32   <refsect1>
  33     <title>Description</title>
  34
  35     <para>At boot,
  36     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  37     reads configuration files from the above directories to register
  38     in the kernel additional binary formats for executables.</para>
  39   </refsect1>
  40
  41   <refsect1>
  42     <title>Configuration Format</title>
  43
  44     <para>Each file contains a list of binfmt_misc kernel binary format rules. Consult the kernel's <ulink
  45     url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.html">binfmt-misc.rst</ulink> documentation
  46     file for more information on registration of additional binary formats and how to write rules.</para>
  47
  48     <para>Empty lines and lines beginning with ; and # are ignored.
  49     Note that this means you may not use ; and # as delimiter in
  50     binary format rules.</para>
  51   </refsect1>
  52
  53   <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" />
  54
  55   <refsect1>
  56     <title>Example</title>
  57     <example>
  58       <title>/etc/binfmt.d/wine.conf example:</title>
  59
  60       <programlisting># Start WINE on Windows executables
  61 :DOSWin:M::MZ::/usr/bin/wine:</programlisting>
  62     </example>
  63   </refsect1>
  64
  65   <refsect1>
  66     <title>See Also</title>
  67     <para>
  68       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  69       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  70       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  71       <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  72     </para>
  73   </refsect1>
  74
  75 </refentry>