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+ninit-inittab(8) ninit-inittab(8)
+
+
+
+NAME
+ ninit-inittab - convert /etc/inittab to service directory
+
+SYNOPSIS
+ ninit-inittab inittab_file home_directory output_script
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ ninit-inittab creates a script using /etc/inittab file. This script
+ can be used to create a service directory easy.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+ inittab_file
+ input source file
+
+ home_directory
+ home directory for ninit
+
+ output_script
+ name of the output script
+
+
+USAGE
+ Case A. If you don't have services in /etc/ninit you can start:
+
+
+ cd /tmp
+ ninit-inittab /etc/inittab /etc/ninit services.sh
+ less services.sh
+ /tmp/services.sh
+
+
+ Then check what the script has done in /etc/ninit
+
+ Case B. If you already have a /etc/ninit directory with services, and
+ don't want to make any changes there you can type:
+
+
+ cd /tmp; cp /etc/inittab /tmp; vi inittab
+ ninit-inittab /tmp/inittab /tmp/srv services.sh
+ less services.sh
+ /tmp/services.sh
+
+
+ Then check what the script has done in /tmp/srv. If you find something
+ interesting there you can copy it to /etc/ninit
+
+
+AUTHOR
+ ninit-inittab was written by Nikola Vladov.
+
+ The aim was to easily convert a host running SysVinit to ninit. In my
+ opinion creating services is very easy. Maybe you have to look in some
+ already prepared service directory first.
+
+ Ask google for "ninit archlinux" and you will find an excellent git
+ repository with services for /etc/ninit
+
+
+
+FILES
+ /etc/inittab
+ /etc/ninit/
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+ ninit(8), ninit-runlevel(8), ninit-sysvinit(8), pututmpid(8)
+ init(8), inittab(5), runlevel(8)
+
+
+
+ Dec 28, 2009 ninit-inittab(8)