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# VZEFIVariableStore

An object that represents the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) variable store that contains NVRAM variables the EFI exposes.

```
class VZEFIVariableStore
```

## Topics

### Creating the variable store

[`init(creatingVariableStoreAt:options:)`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZEFIVariableStore/init(creatingVariableStoreAt:options:))

Creates a new EFI variable store at specified the URL on the filesystem, initialization options, and error-return variable.

[`init(url:)`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZEFIVariableStore/init(url:)-83pcn)

Initialize the variable store from the URL of an existing file.

[`VZEFIVariableStore.InitializationOptions`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZEFIVariableStore/InitializationOptions)

Constants that describe the options available when creating a new Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) variable store.

### Instance properties

[`url`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZEFIVariableStore/url)

The URL of the variable store on the local file system.


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