1RUNLEVEL(8)           Linux System Administrator's Manual          RUNLEVEL(8)
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NAME

6       runlevel -- find the current and previous system runlevel.
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SYNOPSIS

9       runlevel [utmp]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Runlevel reads the system utmp file (typically /var/run/utmp) to locate
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15       is no previous system runlevel, the letter N will be printed instead.
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17       If no utmp file exists, or if no runlevel record can be found, runlevel
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20       Runlevel can be used in rc scripts as a substitute for the System-V who
21       -r command.  However, in newer versions of init(8) this information  is
22       also available in the environment variables RUNLEVEL and PREVLEVEL.
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OPTIONS

25       utmp   The name of the utmp file to read.
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SEE ALSO

28       init(8), utmp(5)
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AUTHOR

31       Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
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35                                 May 27, 1997                      RUNLEVEL(8)