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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst index 97b0d7927078..59cd902e3549 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Kernel Support for miscellaneous (your favourite) Binary Formats v1.1 -===================================================================== +Kernel Support for miscellaneous Binary Formats (binfmt_misc) +============================================================= This Kernel feature allows you to invoke almost (for restrictions see below) every program by simply typing its name in the shell. @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Here is what the fields mean: - ``name`` is an identifier string. A new /proc file will be created with this - ``name below /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc``; cannot contain slashes ``/`` for + name below ``/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc``; cannot contain slashes ``/`` for obvious reasons. - ``type`` is the type of recognition. Give ``M`` for magic and ``E`` for extension. @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Here is what the fields mean: ``F`` - fix binary The usual behaviour of binfmt_misc is to spawn the binary lazily when the misc format file is invoked. However, - this doesn``t work very well in the face of mount namespaces and + this doesn't work very well in the face of mount namespaces and changeroots, so the ``F`` mode opens the binary as soon as the emulation is installed and uses the opened image to spawn the emulator, meaning it is always available once installed, @@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ Hints ----- If you want to pass special arguments to your interpreter, you can -write a wrapper script for it. See Documentation/admin-guide/java.rst for an -example. +write a wrapper script for it. +See :doc:`Documentation/admin-guide/java.rst <./java>` for an example. Your interpreter should NOT look in the PATH for the filename; the kernel passes it the full filename (or the file descriptor) to use. Using ``$PATH`` can |