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.Dd December 19, 2018
.Dt VARSYM.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm varsym.conf
.Nd set system-wide
.Xr varsym 1
variables
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Pa /etc/varsym.conf
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
file specifies a list of system-wide variables that can then be used in
variant symlinks.
Each line specifies one variable and its data in the same format of the
.Xr varsym 1
command, i.e.,
.Bd -literal -offset indent
var=data
"variable name"="variable data"
.Ed
.Pp
Spaces are not allowed around the
.Dq =
sign.
Both the variable name and data can contain spaces but must be quoted.
Empty lines or lines beginning with a
.Dq #
are ignored.
Inline comments should not be used.
.Pp
Processing
.Nm
is activated by setting
.Va varsym_enable
in
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
and setting the
.Va vfs.varsym_enable
sysctl.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/varsym.conf" -compact
.It Pa /etc/varsym.conf
configuration file for specifying system-wide
.Xr varsym 1
variables
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ln 1 ,
.Xr varsym 1 ,
.Xr rc.conf 5
.Sh AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
.An Sascha Wildner .