systemd/man/runlevel.xml
Lennart Poettering 5430f7f2bc relicense to LGPLv2.1 (with exceptions)
We finally got the OK from all contributors with non-trivial commits to
relicense systemd from GPL2+ to LGPL2.1+.

Some udev bits continue to be GPL2+ for now, but we are looking into
relicensing them too, to allow free copy/paste of all code within
systemd.

The bits that used to be MIT continue to be MIT.

The big benefit of the relicensing is that closed source code may now
link against libsystemd-login.so and friends.
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<refentry id="runlevel">
<refentryinfo>
<title>runlevel</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>runlevel</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>runlevel</refname>
<refpurpose>Print previous and current SysV runlevel</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>runlevel <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">options</arg></command>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>runlevel</command> prints the previous
and current SysV runlevel if they are known.</para>
<para>The two runlevel characters are separated by a
single space character. If a runlevel cannot be
determined, N is printed instead. If neither can be
determined, the word "unknown" is printed.</para>
<para>Unless overridden in the environment, this will
check the utmp database for recent runlevel
changes.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>The following option is understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prints a short help
text and exits.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
<para>If one or both runlevels could be determined, 0
is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Environment</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>$RUNLEVEL</varname></term>
<listitem><para>If
<varname>$RUNLEVEL</varname> is set,
<command>runlevel</command> will print
this value as current runlevel and
ignore utmp.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>$PREVLEVEL</varname></term>
<listitem><para>If
<varname>$PREVLEVEL</varname> is set
<command>runlevel</command> will print
this value as previous runlevel and
ignore utmp.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Files</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>/var/run/utmp</varname></term>
<listitem><para>The utmp database
<command>runlevel</command> reads the
previous and current runlevel
from.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>This is a legacy command available for compatibility
only. It should not be used anymore, as the concept of
runlevels is obsolete.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>