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34.Dd May 11, 2007
35.Os
36.Dt VARSYM.CONF 5
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm varsym.conf
39.Nd set system-wide
40.Xr varsym 1
41variables
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Pa /etc/varsym.conf
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm
47file specifies a list of variables that can then be used in variant symlinks.
48Each line has the format
49.Li var=data .
50Empty lines or lines beginning with a
51.Dq #
52are ignored.
53.Pp
54Processing
55.Nm
56is activated by setting
57.Va varsym_enable
58in
59.Pa /etc/rc.conf
60and setting the
61.Va vfs.varsym_enable
62sysctl.
63.Sh FILES
64.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/varsym.conf" -compact
65.It Pa /etc/varsym.conf
66configuration file for specifying system-wide
67.Xr varsym 1
68variables
69.El
70.Sh SEE ALSO
71.Xr ln 1 ,
72.Xr varsym 1 ,
73.Xr rc.conf 5
74.Sh AUTHORS
75This manual page was written by
76.An Sascha Wildner .
77