man/binfmt.d.xml

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   9   Copyright 2011 Lennart Poettering
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  11 <refentry id="binfmt.d" conditional='ENABLE_BINFMT'
  12     xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
  13
  14   <refentryinfo>
  15     <title>binfmt.d</title>
  16     <productname>systemd</productname>
  17
  18     <authorgroup>
  19       <author>
  20         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  21         <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  22         <surname>Poettering</surname>
  23         <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  24       </author>
  25     </authorgroup>
  26   </refentryinfo>
  27
  28   <refmeta>
  29     <refentrytitle>binfmt.d</refentrytitle>
  30     <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  31   </refmeta>
  32
  33   <refnamediv>
  34     <refname>binfmt.d</refname>
  35     <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats for
  36     executables at boot</refpurpose>
  37   </refnamediv>
  38
  39   <refsynopsisdiv>
  40     <para><filename>/etc/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
  41     <para><filename>/run/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
  42     <para><filename>/usr/lib/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
  43   </refsynopsisdiv>
  44
  45   <refsect1>
  46     <title>Description</title>
  47
  48     <para>At boot,
  49     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  50     reads configuration files from the above directories to register
  51     in the kernel additional binary formats for executables.</para>
  52   </refsect1>
  53
  54   <refsect1>
  55     <title>Configuration Format</title>
  56
  57     <para>Each file contains a list of binfmt_misc kernel binary
  58     format rules. Consult <ulink
  59     url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst">binfmt-misc.rst</ulink>
  60     for more information on registration of additional binary formats
  61     and how to write rules.</para>
  62
  63     <para>Empty lines and lines beginning with ; and # are ignored.
  64     Note that this means you may not use ; and # as delimiter in
  65     binary format rules.</para>
  66   </refsect1>
  67
  68   <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" />
  69
  70   <refsect1>
  71     <title>Example</title>
  72     <example>
  73       <title>/etc/binfmt.d/wine.conf example:</title>
  74
  75       <programlisting># Start WINE on Windows executables
  76 :DOSWin:M::MZ::/usr/bin/wine:</programlisting>
  77     </example>
  78   </refsect1>
  79
  80   <refsect1>
  81     <title>See Also</title>
  82     <para>
  83       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  84       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  85       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  86       <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  87     </para>
  88   </refsect1>
  89
  90 </refentry>