NAME

inittab − control information for init

DESCRIPTION

When a state is entered, init reads the file /etc/inittab.  Lines in this file have the format:

state:id:flags:command

All lines in which the state field match init’s current state are recognized. If a process is active under the same two character id as a recognized line, it may be terminated (signal 15), killed (signal 9), or both by including the flags t and k in the order desired.  The signal is sent to all processes in the process group associated with the id. The command field is saved for later execution.  The flag c requires the command to be continuously reinvoked whenever the process with that id dies.  Otherwise the command is invoked a maximum of one time in the current state. 

FILES

/etc/inittab

May 16, 1980