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| author | luigi <luigi@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-01-13 12:19:43 +0000 |
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| committer | luigi <luigi@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-01-13 12:19:43 +0000 |
| commit | 39ff9d77c231652d6f1acfe0ed97070eb3059e08 (patch) | |
| tree | 1bddb2c4198012affa5a6e0f1bda90b844289b7e /bin/kenv | |
| parent | 7abddeaa685d1477063455663f5f715efd487344 (diff) | |
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Document how kernel environment can be statically compiled in,
and reference a few related manpages.
MFC after: 3 days
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diff --git a/bin/kenv/kenv.1 b/bin/kenv/kenv.1 index 29260f0..9e5345d 100644 --- a/bin/kenv/kenv.1 +++ b/bin/kenv/kenv.1 @@ -67,8 +67,28 @@ If the .Fl q option is set, warnings normally printed as a result of being unable to perform the requested operation will be suppressed. +.Pp +Variables can be added to the kernel environment using the +.Xr /boot/oader.conf +file, or also statically compiled into the kernel using the statement +.Pp +.Dl Ic env Ar filename +.Pp +in the kernel config file. +The file can contain lines of the form +.Pp +.Dl name = "value" # this is a coment +.Pp +where whitespace around name and '=', and +everything after a '#' character, are ignored. Almost any printable +character except '=' is acceptable as part of a name. Quotes +are optional and necessary only if the value contains +whitespace. +.Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr kenv 2 , +.Xr config 5 , +.Xr loader.conf 5 , .Xr loader 8 .Sh HISTORY The |
