File Formats and Conventions

NameSummary
BridgeSupport(5) Scripting bridges support file
Gemfile(5) A format for describing gem dependencies for Ruby programs
Mach-O(5) Mach-O assembler and link editor output
NFS(5) Network File System
access(5) Postfix SMTP server access table
acct(5) execution accounting file
aliases(5) Postfix local alias database format
ar(5) archive (library) file format
asl.conf(5) configuration file for syslogd(8) and aslmanager(8)
audit(5) Basic Security Module (BSM) file format
audit_class(5) audit event class descriptions
audit_control(5) audit system parameters
audit_event(5) audit event descriptions
audit_user(5) events to be audited for given users
audit_warn(5) alert when audit daemon issues warnings
auto_master(5) automounter master map
autofs.conf(5) automount(8) and automountd(8) configuration file
big5(5) Big Five encoding for Traditional Chinese text
bom(5) bill of materials
bootparams(5) boot parameter database
bootptab(5) Internet Bootstrap Protocol server database
bounce(5) Postfix bounce message template format
canonical(5) Postfix canonical table format
cidr_table(5) format of Postfix CIDR tables
classes.conf(5) class configuration file for cups
client.conf(5) client configuration file for cups (deprecated on macos)
com.apple.Boot.plist(5) Configuration plist for OS X booter
compat(5) manipulate compatibility settings
core(5) memory image file format
cpio(5) format of cpio archive files
crontab(5) tables for driving cron
cryptex(5) Cryptex filesystem hierarchy specification
cups-files.conf(5) file and directory configuration file for cups
cupsd-logs(5) cupsd log files (access_log, error_log, and page_log)
cupsd.conf(5) server configuration file for cups
dir(5), dirent(5) directory file format
editrc(5) configuration file for editline library
euc(5) EUC encoding of wide characters
exports(5) define remote mount points for NFS mount requests
finger.conf(5) finger(1) alias configuration file
fstab(5) static information about the filesystems
gb18030(5) GB 18030 encoding method for Chinese text
gb2312(5) GB2312 encoding method for Chinese text
gbk(5) Guojia biaozhun kuozhan (GBK) encoding method for Chinese text
generic(5) Postfix generic table format
gettytab(5) terminal configuration data base
gitattributes(5) Defining attributes per path
gitformat-bundle(5) The bundle file format
gitformat-chunk(5) Chunk-based file formats
gitformat-commit-graph(5)Git commit-graph format
gitformat-index(5) Git index format
gitformat-pack(5) Git pack format
gitformat-signature(5) Git cryptographic signature formats
githooks(5) Hooks used by Git
gitignore(5) Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore
gitmailmap(5) Map author/committer names and/or E-Mail addresses
gitmodules(5) Defining submodule properties
gitprotocol-capabilities(5)Protocol v0 and v1 capabilities
gitprotocol-common(5) Things common to various protocols
gitprotocol-http(5) Git HTTP-based protocols
gitprotocol-pack(5) How packs are transferred over-the-wire
gitprotocol-v2(5) Git Wire Protocol, Version 2
gitrepository-layout(5) Git Repository Layout
group(5) format of the group permissions file
gss(5) how to configure gss framework
header_checks(5) Postfix built-in content inspection
heimdal_debug(5) how to turn on/off debugging for Kerberos tools
hosts(5) host name data base
hosts.equiv(5), .rhosts(5)trusted remote hosts and host-user pairs
intro(5) introduction to file formats
ipptoolfile(5) ipptool file format
krb5.conf(5) configuration file for Kerberos 5
ktrace(5) Darwin kernel trace file format
ktrace-plan(5) instructions for recording trace files
launchd.plist(5) System wide and per-user daemon/agent configuration files
ldap.conf(5), .ldaprc(5)LDAP configuration file/environment variables
ldap_table(5) Postfix LDAP client configuration
ldif(5) LDAP Data Interchange Format
libarchive-formats(5) archive formats supported by the libarchive library
lmdb_table(5) Postfix LMDB adapter
magic(5) file command's magic pattern file
mailto.conf(5) configuration file for cups email notifier
man.conf(5) man(1) and manpath(1) configuration files
master(5) Postfix master process configuration file format
memcache_table(5) Postfix memcache client configuration
metal-pipelines-script(5)Metal pipelines script JSON file format
mib2c.conf(5) -- How to write mib2c.conf files to do ANYTHING based on MIB input
mime.convs(5) mime type conversion file for cups (deprecated)
mime.types(5) mime type description file for cups
moduli(5) Diffie-Hellman moduli
motd(5) file containing message(s) of the day
mskanji(5) Shift-JIS (MS Kanji) encoding for Japanese text
mtree(5) format of mtree dir hierarchy files
mysql_table(5) Postfix MySQL client configuration
netgroup(5) defines network groups
networks(5) network name data base
newsyslog.conf(5) newsyslog(8) configuration file
nfs.conf(5) The configuration file for NFS
nisplus_table(5) Postfix NIS+ client
nologin(5) disallow logins
nsmb.conf(5) configuration file for SMB requests
os_log(5) logging configuration profiles
pam.conf(5) PAM policy file format
passwd(5), master.passwd(5)format of the password file
pcap-savefile(5) libpcap savefile format
pcre_table(5) format of Postfix PCRE tables
pf.conf(5) packet filter configuration file
pf.os(5) format of the operating system fingerprints file
pgsql_table(5) Postfix PostgreSQL client configuration
plist(5) property list format
postconf(5) Postfix configuration parameters
postfix-wrapper(5) Postfix multi-instance API
ppdcfile(5) cups ppd compiler source file format (deprecated)
printers.conf(5) printer configuration file for cups
protocols(5) protocol name data base
racoon.conf(5) configuration file for racoon
ranlib(5) archive (library) table-of-contents format
regexp_table(5) format of Postfix regular expression tables
relocated(5) Postfix relocated table format
resolver(5) resolver configuration file format
rpc(5) rpc program number data base
rsync(5) rsync wire protocol
rsyncd(5) rsyncd wire protocol
rsyncd.conf(5) configuration format for the rsync daemon
rtadvd.conf(5) config file for router advertisement daemon
sdef(5) scripting definition file
services(5) service name data base
shells(5) shell database
slapd-bdb(5), slapd-hdb(5)Berkeley DB backends to slapd
slapd-config(5) configuration backend to slapd
slapd-dnssrv(5) DNS SRV referral backend to slapd
slapd-ldap(5) LDAP backend to slapd
slapd-ldbm(5) Discontinued LDBM backend to slapd
slapd-ldif(5) LDIF backend to slapd
slapd-mdb(5) Memory-Mapped DB backend to slapd
slapd-meta(5) metadirectory backend to slapd
slapd-monitor(5) Monitor backend to slapd
slapd-ndb(5) MySQL NDB backend to slapd
slapd-null(5) Null backend to slapd
slapd-passwd(5) /etc/passwd backend to slapd
slapd-perl(5) Perl backend to slapd
slapd-relay(5) relay backend to slapd
slapd-shell(5) Shell backend to slapd
slapd-sock(5) Socket backend/overlay to slapd
slapd-sql(5) SQL backend to slapd
slapd.access(5) access configuration for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon
slapd.backends(5) backends for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon
slapd.conf(5) configuration file for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon
slapd.overlays(5) overlays for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon
slapd.plugin(5) plugin configuration for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon
slapo-accesslog(5) Access Logging overlay to slapd
slapo-auditlog(5) Audit Logging overlay to slapd
slapo-chain(5) chain overlay to slapd
slapo-collect(5) Collective attributes overlay to slapd
slapo-constraint(5) Attribute Constraint Overlay to slapd
slapo-dds(5) Dynamic Directory Services overlay to slapd
slapo-dyngroup(5) Dynamic Group overlay to slapd
slapo-dynlist(5) Dynamic List overlay to slapd
slapo-memberof(5) Reverse Group Membership overlay to slapd
slapo-pbind(5) proxy bind overlay to slapd
slapo-pcache(5) proxy cache overlay to slapd
slapo-ppolicy(5) Password Policy overlay to slapd
slapo-refint(5) Referential Integrity overlay to slapd
slapo-retcode(5) return code overlay to slapd
slapo-rwm(5) rewrite/remap overlay to slapd
slapo-sssvlv(5) Server Side Sorting and Virtual List View overlay to slapd
slapo-syncprov(5) Sync Provider overlay to slapd
slapo-translucent(5) Translucent Proxy overlay to slapd
slapo-unique(5) Attribute Uniqueness overlay to slapd
slapo-valsort(5) Value Sorting overlay to slapd
snmp.conf(5) configuration files for the Net-SNMP applications
snmp.conf(5) snmp configuration file for cups (deprecated)
snmp_config(5) handling of Net-SNMP configuration files
snmpd.conf(5) configuration file for the Net-SNMP SNMP agent
snmpd.examples(5) example configuration for the Net-SNMP agent
snmpd.internal(5) internal configuration of the Net-SNMP agent
snmptrapd.conf(5) configuration file for the Net-SNMP notification receiver
socketmap_table(5) Postfix socketmap table lookup client
sqlite_table(5) Postfix SQLite configuration
ssh_config(5) OpenSSH client configuration file
sshd_config(5) OpenSSH daemon configuration file
stab(5) symbol table types
subscriptions.conf(5) subscription configuration file for cups
sudo.conf(5) configuration for sudo front-end
sudo_plugin(5) Sudo Plugin API
sudoers(5) default sudo security policy plugin
sudoers_timestamp(5) Sudoers Time Stamp Format
synthetic.conf(5) synthetic symbolic link and directory manifest
sysctl.conf(5) kernel state defaults
syslog.conf(5) syslogd(8) configuration file
tar(5) format of tape archive files
tcp_table(5) Postfix client/server table lookup protocol
term(5) format of compiled term file
terminfo(5) terminal capability data base
tkconrc(5) TkCon resource file
transport(5) Postfix transport table format
ttys(5) terminal initialization information
types(5) system data types
tzfile(5) timezone information
utf2(5) Universal character set Transformation Format encoding of runes
utf8(5) UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
utmp(5), wtmp(5), lastlog(5)login records (DEPRECATED)
utmpx(5) user accounting database
variables(5) Format of specifying variable names to SNMP tools
virtual(5) Postfix virtual alias table format
vpnd(5) Mac OS X VPN Remote Access Server File
xcodebuild.xctestrun(5) Test run parameters files for xcodebuild
xpcservice.plist(5) XPC Service configuration keys and values
xprintf(5) extensible printf