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32 .Nd list or modify the kernel environment
39 .Ar variable Ns Op = Ns Ar value
47 utility will list all variables in the kernel environment if
48 invoked without arguments.
52 option is specified, then the static environment provided by
54 will be listed instead.
57 option will list the static environment defined by the kernel config.
62 options are dependent on the kernel being configured to preserve early kernel
64 The default kernel configuration does not preserve these environments.
68 option is specified, it will limit the report to kernel probe hints.
73 will only report that value.
78 will only display variable names and not their values.
83 will delete the given environment variable.
84 If the environment variable is followed by an optional
87 will set the environment variable to this value.
91 option is set, warnings normally printed as a result of being unable to
92 perform the requested operation will be suppressed.
96 option is set, the variable name will be printed out for the
97 environment variable in addition to the value when
99 is executed with a variable name.
101 Variables can be added to the kernel environment using the
102 .Pa /boot/loader.conf
103 file, or also statically compiled into the kernel using the statement
105 .Dl Ic env Ar filename
107 in the kernel config file.
108 The file can contain lines of the form
110 .Dl name = "value" # this is a comment
112 where whitespace around
116 and everything after a
118 character, are ignored.
119 Almost any printable character except
121 is acceptable as part of a name.
122 Quotes are optional and necessary only if the value contains whitespace.