Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:19:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r187142 - head/bin/kenv Message-ID: <200901131219.n0DCJiDF003223@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: luigi Date: Tue Jan 13 12:19:43 2009 New Revision: 187142 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/187142 Log: Document how kernel environment can be statically compiled in, and reference a few related manpages. MFC after: 3 days Modified: head/bin/kenv/kenv.1 Modified: head/bin/kenv/kenv.1 ============================================================================== --- head/bin/kenv/kenv.1 Tue Jan 13 11:51:32 2009 (r187141) +++ head/bin/kenv/kenv.1 Tue Jan 13 12:19:43 2009 (r187142) @@ -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
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