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



NAME
       runlevel -- find the current and previous system runlevel.

SYNOPSIS
       runlevel [utmp]

DESCRIPTION
       Runlevel	 reads	the  system  utmp  file	 (typically /var/run/utmp) to
       locate the runlevel record, and then prints the previous	 and  current
       system  runlevel	 on its standard output, separated by a single space.
       If there is no previous system runlevel, the letter N will be  printed
       instead.

       If  no  utmp  file exists, or if no runlevel record can be found, run-
       level prints the word unknown and exits with an error.

       Runlevel can be used in rc scripts as a substitute  for	the  System-V
       who  -r	command.  However, in newer versions of init(8) this informa-
       tion is also available in the environment variables RUNLEVEL and	 PRE-
       VLEVEL.

OPTIONS
       utmp   The name of the utmp file to read.

SEE ALSO
       init(8), utmp(5)

AUTHOR
       Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl



				 May 27, 1997			  RUNLEVEL(8)

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