1.\" Copyright (c) 2013-2026 Devin Teske <dteske@FreeBSD.org> 2.\" Copyright (c) 2021-2026 Faraz Vahedi <kfv@FreeBSD.org> 3.\" 4.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause 5.\" 6.Dd August 2, 2026 7.Dt SYSCONF-GENERIC 8 8.Os 9.Sh NAME 10.Nm "sysconf generic" 11.Nd configure a file of no built-in format 12.Sh SYNOPSIS 13.Nm sysconf 14.Cm generic 15.Fl f Ar file 16.Op Fl ceinNqvx 17.Op Fl j Ar jail | Fl R Ar dir 18.Ar name Ns Op Ns Oo +|- Oc Ns = Ns Ar value 19.Ar ... 20.Sh DESCRIPTION 21The 22.Cm generic 23target of 24.Xr sysconf 8 25exists for files matching no known format 26.Pq quote values only when required to round-trip . 27Having no default files of its own, 28it always requires 29.Fl f . 30The format is never inferred from the path; 31see 32.Xr sysconf-targets 8 . 33Shared options are in 34.Xr sysconf 8 . 35.Sh EXAMPLES 36.Dl sysconf generic -f /usr/local/etc/myapp.conf loglevel=debug 37.Sh SEE ALSO 38.Xr bsdconf_format 3 , 39.Xr sysconf 8 , 40.Xr sysconf-targets 8 41.Sh HISTORY 42The 43.Nm sysconf 44utility first appeared in 45.Fx 16.0 . 46.Sh AUTHORS 47.An Devin Teske Aq Mt dteske@FreeBSD.org 48.An Faraz Vahedi Aq Mt kfv@FreeBSD.org 49