Overview

This section provides an overview of Finit's configuration system. For detailed information on specific topics, see the individual sections in the navigation menu.

Configuration File Syntax

The file format is line based, empty lines and comments, lines starting with #, are ignored. A configuration directive starts with a keyword followed by a space and the rest of the line is treated as the value.

As of Finit v4.4, configuration directives can be broken up in multiple lines using the continuation character \, and trailing comments are also allowed. Example:

# Escape \# chars if you want them literal in, e.g., descriptions
service name:sysklogd [S123456789]   \
    env:-/etc/default/sysklogd       \
    syslogd -F $SYSLOGD_ARGS         \
    -- System log daemon \# 1   # Comments allowed

The .conf files /etc/finit.conf and /etc/finit.d/* support many directives. Some are restricted, e.g., only available at bootstrap, runlevel S. Read on in Files & Layout for more on how to structure your .conf files.

For details on restrictions, see Limitations.