ninit-runlevel(8)					     ninit-runlevel(8)



NAME
       ninit-runlevel - set runlevels for compatibility with SysVinit

SYNOPSIS
       ninit-runlevel LEVEL [OPTION]... [-] [NAME=VALUE]... [PROGRAM [ARG]...]
       ninit-runlevel

DESCRIPTION
       ninit-runlevel is a helper program to start service  (script,  program)
       with  the  same	environ	 as  SysVinit.	 It  also  modifies  the files
       /var/run/utmp and /var/log/wtmp writing runlevel records in  them.   It
       is used mainly in ninit-inittab(8) output script.

       It  sets	 the following variables: INIT_VERSION=2.86, CONSOLE=/dev/con-
       sole,  RUNLEVEL,	 PREVLEVEL,  PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin.   The
       variable	 NINIT_RUNLEVEL	 always	 has  the same value as RUNLEVEL.  The
       program does not modify or reset the variable INIT_HALT.


OPTIONS
       Actually ninit-runlevel has the same syntax between LEVEL  and  PROGRAM
       as the command env(1).

       If  ninit-runlevel  is started as a service you can use environ file to
       set some environment variables.	However in  this  case	ninit-runlevel
       overwrites  the	variables: INIT_VERSION, CONSOLE, RUNLEVEL, PREVLEVEL,
       PATH and NINIT_RUNLEVEL.	 You can reset some of them, for example PATH.

       -i     start with an empty environment
	      a mere - implies -i

       -u     variable
	      remove the variable from the environment


EXAMPLES
       In the next examples we modify PATH, INIT_HALT and CONSOLE

       ninit-runlevel S PATH=/sbin:/bin /etc/rc.d/rc.single
       ninit-runlevel 0 INIT_HALT=POWERDOWN -u CONSOLE /etc/rc.d/rc.halt

       See  the	 environ  with (don't start it as root - the program will then
       modify /var/run/utmp )

       ninit-runlevel 5 /usr/bin/env


WARNING
       Don't remove the file /var/run/utmp if you want correct	PREVLEVEL  and
       RUNLEVEL variables.  ninit-runlevel stores the info about levels there.
       ninit does not use the /var/run/utmp  file,  nor	 PREVLEVEL,  RUNLEVEL,
       NINIT_RUNLEVEL.


FILES
       /var/run/utmp
       /var/log/wtmp


SEE ALSO
       utmp(5), env(1), runlevel(8)
       ninit(8), ninit-sysvinit(8), ninit-shutdown(8), ninit-inittab(8)
       init(1), shutdown(8), reboot(8), halt(8)



				 Jan 16, 2010		     ninit-runlevel(8)