The mount-binfmt_misc service
mount-binfmt_misc is a oneshot service set up the binfmt_misc virtual filesystem.
When it is started:
-
It mounts the binfmt_misc virtual filesystem at
/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc. -
It reads all files at
/etc/binfmt.d/* -
For each line in each file it finds there,
ignoring empty lines and lines starting with a
#, it tries to apply the line as a registration string as defined here under the following conditions: - Files are ordered by elglob.
-
If
namefields are duplicated, the last one processed will be applied.
When it is stopped:
-
It umounts
/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc.
Examples
A file /etc/binfmt.d/wine.conf
with the content :DOSWin:M::MZ::/bin/wine:
would make windows binaries be executed
using wine automatically.