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1 perry 1 RUNLEVEL
2 !!!RUNLEVEL
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 SEE ALSO
8 AUTHOR
9 ----
10 !!NAME
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13 runlevel -- find the current and previous system runlevel.
14 !!SYNOPSIS
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17 __runlevel__ [[''utmp'']
18 !!DESCRIPTION
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21 __Runlevel__ reads the system ''utmp'' file (typically
22 ''/var/run/utmp'') to locate the runlevel record, and
23 then prints the previous and current system runlevel on its
24 standard output, separated by a single space. If there is no
25 previous system runlevel, the letter __N__ will be
26 printed instead.
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29 If no ''utmp'' file exists, or if no runlevel record can
30 be found, __runlevel__ prints the word __unknown__ and
31 exits with an error.
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34 __Runlevel__ can be used in ''rc'' scripts as a
35 substitute for the System-V __who -r__ command. However,
36 in newer versions of init(8) this information is also
37 available in the environment variables __RUNLEVEL__ and
38 __PREVLEVEL__.
39 !!OPTIONS
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42 ''utmp''
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45 The name of the ''utmp'' file to read.
46 !!SEE ALSO
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49 init(8), utmp(5)
50 !!AUTHOR
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53 Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
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