Linux startup script

[Kenneth Burgener]

The best way to figure out which startup scripts will run for your for 
your distribution, and where they are, is to look at the /etc/inittab 
file.  Look for the default runlevel line:

kenneth at jenny:/etc$ grep default inittab
# The default runlevel.
id:2:initdefault:

This will tell you which runlevel your system will boot up into.  Your 
other option is to type runlevel and see which runlevel your system is in:

kenneth at jenny:/etc$ /sbin/runlevel
N 2

the /etc/inittab says what to run for any particular run level:

kenneth at jenny:/etc$ grep l2 inittab
l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2

This simply says to call the script "/etc/init.d/rc 2".  This script 
then runs all of the kill scripts (files beginning with 'K') located in 
the current runlevel's folder, and then proceeds to run all of the 
startup scripts (files beginning with 'S') located in the new runlevel's 
folder.

For example, if you were running at runlevel 5 and then switched to 
runlevel 2, with the init command, your system would first run all of 
the kill scripts (files beginning with 'K') in your /etc/rc5.d/ folder. 
  Then it would proceed to run all of the startup scripts (files 
beginning with 'S') located in the /etc/rc2.d. folder.  Sometimes the 
rcX.d folders are located in /etc/init.d/, such as with Suse.

This is probably more then what you were looking for, but I had a 
similar question before.

Kenneth