[gentoo-user] Determining the current runlevel

[gentoo-user] Determining the current runlevel

[Neil Bothwick]

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I'm sure I've seen this mentioned before, but can't find it. I need a way
to find the current Gentoo runlevel (not the numeric one) in a script. I
can check the level booted by grepping /proc/cmdline, but that fails if
the runlevel was subsequently changed with rc.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Determining the current runlevel

[Ow Mun Heng]

On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 10:32 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> I'm sure I've seen this mentioned before, but can't find it. I need a way
> to find the current Gentoo runlevel (not the numeric one) in a script. I
> can check the level booted by grepping /proc/cmdline, but that fails if
> the runlevel was subsequently changed with rc.

not sure if executing

$runlevel
N 3

helps?


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[gentoo-user] Re: Determining the current runlevel

[Remy Blank]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> I'm sure I've seen this mentioned before, but can't find it. I need a way
> to find the current Gentoo runlevel (not the numeric one) in a script. I
> can check the level booted by grepping /proc/cmdline, but that fails if
> the runlevel was subsequently changed with rc.

# cat /var/lib/init.d/softlevel
default

HTH.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Determining the current runlevel

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:03:53 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:

> > I'm sure I've seen this mentioned before, but can't find it. I need a
> > way to find the current Gentoo runlevel (not the numeric one) in a
> > script. I can check the level booted by grepping /proc/cmdline, but
> > that fails if the runlevel was subsequently changed with rc.
> 
> not sure if executing
> 
> $runlevel
> N 3
> 
> helps?

It doesn't, because the numeric runlevel is always three (unless you've
messed with /etc/inittab). I need the Gentoo  runlevel; default,
nonetwork etc.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Determining the current runlevel

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:21:25 +0200, Remy Blank wrote:

> # cat /var/lib/init.d/softlevel
> default

That's it! Many thanks.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Determining the current runlevel

[Richard Brown]

On 19/07/05, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:03:53 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> 
> > > I'm sure I've seen this mentioned before, but can't find it. I need a
> > > way to find the current Gentoo runlevel (not the numeric one) in a
> > > script. I can check the level booted by grepping /proc/cmdline, but
> > > that fails if the runlevel was subsequently changed with rc.

rc-status -nc | head -n 1 | cut -c11-

HTH

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Determining the current runlevel

[YoYo Siska]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:21:25 +0200, Remy Blank wrote:
> 
> 
>># cat /var/lib/init.d/softlevel
>>default
> 
> 
> That's it! Many thanks.

I usualy do:

source /etc/conf.d/rc
rl=`cat "$svcdir/softlevel"`

just to be sure... ;)
or directly

source /sbin/functions.sh
rl=`cat "$svcdir/softlevel"`

functions.sh do source the config and have some functions that can be
handy... (einfo, ewarn, eeror to begin with...)
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Re: [gentoo-user] Determining the current runlevel

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:30:47 +0100, Richard Brown wrote:

> rc-status -nc | head -n 1 | cut -c11-

OK, that's the third way of doing it so far, any more? ;-)


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Determining the current runlevel

[michael]

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, YoYo Siska wrote:

> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:21:25 +0200, Remy Blank wrote:
>>
>>
>>> # cat /var/lib/init.d/softlevel
>>> default
>>
>>
>> That's it! Many thanks.
>
> I usualy do:
>
> source /etc/conf.d/rc
> rl=`cat "$svcdir/softlevel"`
>
> just to be sure... ;)
> or directly
>
> source /sbin/functions.sh
> rl=`cat "$svcdir/softlevel"`
>
> functions.sh do source the config and have some functions that can be
> handy... (einfo, ewarn, eeror to begin with...)
> -- 
>
But don't these just report what it would be if no on changed it? If you
force a runlevel change after the system has booted, is there any way to
find that out afterwards?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Determining the current runlevel

[A. R.]

Hi there,

try the command "runlevel" as root.


HTH


- AR

On 7/19/05, michael@michaelshiloh.com <michael@michaelshiloh.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, YoYo Siska wrote:
> 
> > Neil Bothwick wrote:
> >> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:21:25 +0200, Remy Blank wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> # cat /var/lib/init.d/softlevel
> >>> default
> >>
> >>
> >> That's it! Many thanks.
> >
> > I usualy do:
> >
> > source /etc/conf.d/rc
> > rl=`cat "$svcdir/softlevel"`
> >
> > just to be sure... ;)
> > or directly
> >
> > source /sbin/functions.sh
> > rl=`cat "$svcdir/softlevel"`
> >
> > functions.sh do source the config and have some functions that can be
> > handy... (einfo, ewarn, eeror to begin with...)
> > --
> >
> But don't these just report what it would be if no on changed it? If you
> force a runlevel change after the system has booted, is there any way to
> find that out afterwards?
> 
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> 
> 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Determining the current runlevel

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:26:13 -0400, A. R. wrote:

> try the command "runlevel" as root.

I already said in my original post, and at least one followup, that I
need the softlevel, not the numeric level from itittab.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Determining the current runlevel

[A. R.]

Oh, 
so then the subject of your original post should have read 
"Determining the current softlevel".

- AR

On 7/20/05, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:26:13 -0400, A. R. wrote:
> 
> > try the command "runlevel" as root.
> 
> I already said in my original post, and at least one followup, that I
> need the softlevel, not the numeric level from itittab.
> 
> 
> --
> Neil Bothwick
> 
> Did you know that eskimos have 17 different words for linguist?
> 
> 
> 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Determining the current runlevel

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:44:38 -0400, A. R. wrote:

> Oh, 
> so then the subject of your original post should have read 
> "Determining the current softlevel".

Not really, because:

a) Gentoo refer to these as runlevels
b) I though people would read the mail body too

I explainined as clearly as possible what I needed.


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