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Re: [sysvinit-devel] Could not determine runlevel
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Matias Fonzo |
Subject: |
Re: [sysvinit-devel] Could not determine runlevel |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:59:19 -0300 |
On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:29:48 -0300
Jesse Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 06/13/2018 05:01 PM, Matias Fonzo wrote:
> > According to init(8):
> >
> > [..]
> >
> > ENVIRONMENT
> > Init sets the following environment variables for all its children:
> >
> > RUNLEVEL
> > The current system runlevel.
> > [..]
> >
> > Probably there is no need to write/read such file...
> >
>
> While that is true, in this case reboot/halt would not be a direct
> child of init. If you have a shell open and run "echo $RUNLEVEL" you
> will probably find the variable is not set, unless your shell is a
> direct descendant of init. That is why I think having the value
> stored in a specific, non-volatile location.
>
>
I'm curious, why shutdown need to determine the runlevel?.