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@ -900,13 +900,37 @@ If you choose to use an /etc/inittab file, the inittab entry format is as follow
Valid actions include: sysinit, respawn, askfirst, wait,
once, and ctrlaltdel.
askfirst acts just like respawn, but before running the specified
process it displays the line "Please press Enter to activate this
console." and then waits for the user to press enter before starting
the specified process.
Unrecognized actions (like initdefault) will cause init to emit
an error message, and then go along with its business.
The available actions can be classified into two groups: actions
that are run only once, and actions that are re-run when the specified
process exits.
Run only-once actions:
'sysinit' is the first item run on boot. init waits until all
sysinit actions are completed before continuing. Following the
completion of all sysinit actions, all 'wait' actions are run.
'wait' actions, like 'sysinit' actions, cause init to wait until
the specified task completes. 'once' actions are asyncronous,
therefore, init does not wait for them to complete. 'ctrlaltdel'
actions are run immediately before init causes the system to reboot
(unmounting filesystems with a 'ctrlaltdel' action is a very good
idea).
Run repeatedly actions:
'respawn' actions are run after the 'once' actions. When a process
started with a 'respawn' action exits, init automatically restarts
it. Unlike sysvinit, BusyBox init does not stop processes from
respawning out of control. The 'askfirst' actions acts just like
respawn, except that before running the specified process it
displays the line "Please press Enter to activate this console."
and then waits for the user to press enter before starting the
specified process.
Unrecognized actions (like initdefault) will cause init to emit an
error message, and then go along with its business. All actions are
run in the reverse order from how they appear in /etc/inittab.
<process>:
@ -2262,4 +2286,4 @@ Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
=cut
# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.78 2000/12/08 19:52:01 andersen Exp $
# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.79 2000/12/08 20:38:00 andersen Exp $

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<sect2>
<title>action</title>
<para>
Valid actions include: sysinit, respawn,
askfirst, wait, once, and ctrlaltdel.
Valid actions include: sysinit, respawn, askfirst, wait,
once, and ctrlaltdel.
</para>
<para>
The available actions can be classified into two groups: actions
that are run only once, and actions that are re-run when the specified
process exits.
</para>
<para>
askfirst acts just like respawn, but before
running the specified process it displays the
line "Please press Enter to activate this
console." and then waits for the user to press
enter before starting the specified process.
Run only-once actions:
</para>
<para>
Unrecognized actions (like initdefault) will
cause init to emit an error message, and then go
along with its business.
'sysinit' is the first item run on boot. init waits until all
sysinit actions are completed before continuing. Following the
completion of all sysinit actions, all 'wait' actions are run.
'wait' actions, like 'sysinit' actions, cause init to wait until
the specified task completes. 'once' actions are asyncronous,
therefore, init does not wait for them to complete. 'ctrlaltdel'
actions are run immediately before init causes the system to reboot
(unmounting filesystems with a 'ctrlaltdel' action is a very good
idea).
</para>
<para>
Run repeatedly actions:
</para>
<para>
'respawn' actions are run after the 'once' actions. When a process
started with a 'respawn' action exits, init automatically restarts
it. Unlike sysvinit, BusyBox init does not stop processes from
respawning out of control. The 'askfirst' actions acts just like
respawn, except that before running the specified process it
displays the line "Please press Enter to activate this console."
and then waits for the user to press enter before starting the
specified process.
</para>
<para>
Unrecognized actions (like initdefault) will cause init to emit an
error message, and then go along with its business. All actions are
run in the reverse order from how they appear in /etc/inittab.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>