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<refentry id="binfmt.d">
<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>