macOS — File Formats and Conventions

• 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
• periodic.conf(5) — periodic job configuration information
• 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
• rsyncd.conf(5) — configuration file for rsync in daemon mode
• 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
• sudoers(5) — default sudo security policy plugin
• 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