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MKINITCPIO.CONF(5)	       mkinitcpio manual	    MKINITCPIO.CONF(5)

NAME
       mkinitcpio.conf - mkinitcpio configuration file

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

DESCRIPTION
       mkinitcpio will attempt to read from a config file each time it is
       invoked, ‘/etc/mkinitcpio.conf’ by default. This file defines several
       variables which describe the contents of the image to be generated.

VARIABLES
       MODULES
	   Defines additional modules, space delimited, which should be added
	   to the image. Dependencies (including other modules and necessary
	   firmware), will also be added to the image. At runtime, the modules
	   in this array which were successfully added to the image will be
	   explicitly loaded.

       FILES
	   Defines additional files, space delimited, which should be added to
	   the image. Files are added as is, and parent directories will be
	   added if needed. Files specified in this variable will override
	   previously added files of the same path.

       BINARIES
	   Defines additional binaries, space delimited, which should be added
	   to the image. These are assumed to be dynamic ELF binaries, and
	   necessary shared library dependencies will automatically be added.
	   However, it is not considered an error to specify a non-ELF binary
	   in this variable. Parent directories will be added if needed. Files
	   specified in this variable will override previously added files of
	   the same path.

       HOOKS
	   This variable defines the hooks which will be run during the build
	   process. Order is important, as it defines the order in which hooks
	   will be run during bootup. Use mkinitcpio’s -L flag to list all
	   available hooks, and the -H flag to display the help text for a
	   specific hook.

       COMPRESSION
	   Defines a program to filter the generated image through. As of
	   linux 2.6.38, the kernel understands the compression formats
	   yielded by the gzip, bzip2, lz4, lzop, lzma, and xz compressors. If
	   unspecified, this setting defaults to gzip compression. In order to
	   create an uncompressed image, define this variable as cat.

	   It’s not hard to realize that a filter such as a tac or rev will
	   cause mkinitcpio to report success but generate a useless image.
	   Similarly, using a compression program not listed above may
	   generate an equally useless image, despite being "valid".

       COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
	   Defines additional options to be passed to the compression program.
	   This option is generally not used. It can be potentially dangerous
	   and may cause invalid images to be generated without any sign of an
	   error.

SEE ALSO
       mkinitcpio(8)

AUTHORS
       mkinitcpio is created and maintained by the Arch Linux Developer
       community.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) Arch Linux 2006-2012

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