RUNLEVEL(8)

💖 RUNLEVEL(8) 💖

okay bestie so this is runlevel(8), straight out of the GNU/Linux System Administrator's manual, and it's basically the tiny little diplomat that keeps old SysV-style scripts from having a meltdown 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

runlevel — the SysV-init compatibility layer, aka the vibe translator between your scripts and runit 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

/sbin/runlevel

that's it. no args. no flags. she's low maintenance, she's booked, she's busy 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea 🍓 — this program always prints a compatibility string. like, always. no cap. that string is what the update-rc.d program uses, and also what some other initscripts use, for example kexec.

the exact string depends on which stage you're in:

• during stage 2 — she prints the N 2 string ✨
• during stage 3 — okay this one's conditional, pay attention bestie:
  • if runit was told to reboot the system, the N 6 string gets printed 🔥
  • otherwise, the N 0 string is printed 💀

and that's literally the whole job. no notes.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• runit(8)
• update-rc.d(8)

ngl it's giving "small program, big responsibility" energy and we respect it for that 💜

mwah 💋 that's the whole page, and it's from the GNU/Linux System Administrator's manual, dated Jan 3, 2022. slay, go forth and check your runlevel 🎀✨