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diff --git a/man/openrc.8 b/man/openrc.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..35e21a74 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/openrc.8 @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Roy Marples +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd May 2, 2009 +.Dt OPENRC 8 SMM +.Os OpenRC +.Sh NAME +.Nm openrc +.Nd stops and starts services for the specified runlevel +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl n , -no-stop +.Op Fl o , -override +.Op Ar runlevel +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +first stops any services that are not in the specified runlevel unless +--no-stop is specified, then starts any services in the runlevel and +stacked runlevels added by +.Nm rc-update +that are not currently started. +If no runlevel is specified, we use the current runlevel. +.Pp +There are some special runlevels that you should be aware of: +.Bl -tag -width "shutdown" +.It Ar sysinit +Brings up any system specific stuff such as +.Pa /dev , +.Pa /proc +and optionally +.Pa /sys +for Linux based systems. It also mounts +.Pa /lib/rc/init.d +as a ramdisk using tmpfs where available unless / is mounted rw at boot. +.Nm +uses +.Pa /lib/rc/init.d +to hold state information about the services it runs. +sysinit always runs when the host first starts should not be run again. +.It Ar boot +Generally the only services you should add to the boot runlevel are those +which deal with the mounting of filesystems, set the initial state of attached +peripherals and logging. +Hotplugged services are added to the boot runlevel by the system. +All services in the boot and sysinit runlevels are automatically included +in all other runlevels except for those listed here. +.It Ar single +Stops all services except for those in the sysinit runlevel. +.It Ar reboot +Changes to the shutdown runlevel and then reboots the host. +.It Ar shutdown +Changes to the shutdown runlevel and then halts the host. +.El +.Pp +You should not call any of these runlevels yourself. +Instead you should use +.Xr init 8 +and +.Xr shutdown 8 +and let them call these special runlevels. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr rc-status 8 , +.Xr rc-update 8 , +.Xr init 8 , +.Xr shutdown 8 +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Roy Marples Aq roy@marples.name |