[wplug] Hierarchical runlevels?

[Hagbard Celine]

On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 10:49:33AM -0400, James O'Kane wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Vanco, Don wrote:
> > 	Not really following you here - that's pretty much what Linux
> > does now.
> 
> If I understand what he's asking about it's different than what Linux
> does. In linux, you can jump from runlevel 1 to runlevel 3 or 5. In HP-UX,
> you start at 1, start everything there, then move to level 2, and start
> everything at that level, then move to 3, etc.
> 
> So instead of having a symlink in /etc/rc?.d/ for each runlevel you want a
> service to start at, you just put a link in the level you want to to
> start, and it will be started at that level or higher.
> 
Ah, that's it!  So I wasn't hallucinating after all :o)  Many much thanks.

Hagbard

Strangely enough, though, the message is dated 30 August, but I just received
it this morning (08 Sep)