On 03/10/2011 07:31 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>    finally taking the time to dig into upstart, and i'm confused by one
> issue.  on my ubuntu system, the documentation "man 7 startup" claims
> that the primary task on startup is /etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf, which
> exists on my ubuntu system.  but on SL 6, while the man page reads the
> same, there is no such .conf file in /etc/init, so what is the boot
> sequence?
>
>    i do see the file /etc/init/rc.conf so i'm sure i can work through
> the sequence but since i want to explain this to some students next
> week, i'd like to find the appropriate doc/man page that explains
> *precisely* what happens.  so what's the process when
> /etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf doesn't exist?  and what man page explains
> that?  thanks.
>
> rday
>

I haven't found precisely what you are looking for, but I have found the 
correct man pages, or at least some more man pages.

Looking at the documentation here
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Technical_Notes/deployment.html
It says
"Processes are known to Upstart as jobs and are defined by files in the 
/etc/init directory. Upstart is very well documented via man pages. 
Command overview is in init(8) and job syntax is described in init(5). "

looking at
   man 5 init
   man 8 init
It describes Upstart.

As I said, it doesn't completely answer your question, but hopefully it 
points you in the right direction.

Troy
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