[wplug] Hierarchical runlevels?

[Vanco, Don]

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>From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org 
>[mailto:wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org] On 
>Behalf Of Bill Moran
>Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 8:25 PM
>To: General user list
>Subject: Re: [wplug] Hierarchical runlevels?
>
>
>Hagbard Celine <> wrote:
>
>> Not a Linux question, but input would be appreciated, anyway...
>> 
>> Does anyone remember if there is/was a system that set 
>runlevels up as an
>> hierarchy, i.e. a given runlevel would start the services 
>defined for it, and
>> the services in all levels below/above it?
>> 
>> I seem to have a vague recollection of such a thing...
>
>Solaris does something like this.  In that it has a "common" 
>runlevel that
>starts stuff no matter what runlevel the machine is at, then 
>the config for
>the appropriate runlevel is called as well.
	AFAIK pretty much all linux distros do this via rc.sysinit and /
or rc.local or equivalent