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8 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
9
10 <refentryinfo>
11 <title>binfmt.d</title>
12 <productname>systemd</productname>
13
14 <authorgroup>
15 <author>
16 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
17 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
18 <surname>Poettering</surname>
19 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
20 </author>
21 </authorgroup>
22 </refentryinfo>
23
24 <refmeta>
25 <refentrytitle>binfmt.d</refentrytitle>
26 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
27 </refmeta>
28
29 <refnamediv>
30 <refname>binfmt.d</refname>
31 <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats for
32 executables at boot</refpurpose>
33 </refnamediv>
34
35 <refsynopsisdiv>
36 <para><filename>/etc/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
37 <para><filename>/run/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
38 <para><filename>/usr/lib/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
39 </refsynopsisdiv>
40
41 <refsect1>
42 <title>Description</title>
43
44 <para>At boot,
45 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
46 reads configuration files from the above directories to register
47 in the kernel additional binary formats for executables.</para>
48 </refsect1>
49
50 <refsect1>
51 <title>Configuration Format</title>
52
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53 <para>Each file contains a list of binfmt_misc kernel binary format rules. Consult the kernel's <ulink
54 url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.html">binfmt-misc.rst</ulink> documentation
55 file for more information on registration of additional binary formats and how to write rules.</para>
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57 <para>Empty lines and lines beginning with ; and # are ignored.
58 Note that this means you may not use ; and # as delimiter in
59 binary format rules.</para>
60 </refsect1>
61
62 <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" />
63
64 <refsect1>
65 <title>Example</title>
66 <example>
67 <title>/etc/binfmt.d/wine.conf example:</title>
68
69 <programlisting># Start WINE on Windows executables
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71 </example>
72 </refsect1>
73
74 <refsect1>
75 <title>See Also</title>
76 <para>
77 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
78 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
79 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
80 <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
81 </para>
82 </refsect1>
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84</refentry>