From e4575849bee50b0cd7bb6a18bc41071b1b05138a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roy Marples Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:54:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a manpage for rc.8 --- man/Makefile | 2 +- man/rc.8 | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 man/rc.8 diff --git a/man/Makefile b/man/Makefile index f6c77129..ddc38a9b 100644 --- a/man/Makefile +++ b/man/Makefile @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ DIR = /usr/share/man/man8 -INC = rc-status.8 rc-update.8 start-stop-daemon.8 +INC = $(CONTENTS) TOPDIR = .. include $(TOPDIR)/default.mk diff --git a/man/rc.8 b/man/rc.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2f43840d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/rc.8 @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +.\" Copyright 2007 Roy Marples +.\" All rights reserved +.\" +.\" 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 Dec 20, 2007 +.Dt RC 8 SMM +.Os OpenRC +.Sh NAME +.Nm rc +.Nd stops and starts services for the specified runlevel +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl o , -override +.Op Ar runlevel +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +first stops any services that are not for the runlevel and then starts any +services added by +.Nm rc-update +that are not currently started. If no runlevel is specified then we use the +current runlevel the system is currently in. +.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 sysems. It also mounts +.Pa /lib/rc/init.d +as a ramdisk using tmpfs where available. +.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. +Coldplugged services are added to the boot runlevel by the system. +All services in the boot runlevel are automatically included in all other +runlevels except for those listed here. +.It Ar single +Stops all services and enters single user mode. +.It Ar reboot +Changes to the single runlevel and then reboots the host. +.It Ar shutdown +Changes to the single runlevel and then halts the host. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr rc-status 8 , +.Xr rc-update 8 +.Sh AUTHORS +.An "Roy Marples" Aq roy@marples.name