Re: an inittab question

[Junior <ejr@inbox.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: martinwguy@yahoo.it
> Sent: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:06:28 +0000
> To: ejr@inbox.com
> Subject: Re: an inittab question
> 
>>> si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
> 
>> I've looked at several docs describing init scripts but I haven't found
>> any that tells me whan to use inittab vs rc scripts.
> 
> Inittab entries for a certain runlevel are launched in parallel, while
> rc scripts are run in sequence, which is why you generally have one si
> entry calling a script.
> so you probably want one entry in inittab for system initialisation
> that calls rcS
> doing what you want to do in order
> 


It will execute in order but will not wait for the previous launched program to exit, right?
That's primarily what I'm trying to achieve.


>> I would uses the following inittab (I'm using busybox):
>> 
>> ::sysinit:/bin/my_UI_program
>> ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
>> ttyAM0::askfirst:-/bin/sh
>> ::restart:/bin/init
>> ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot
>> ::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r
>> ::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a
> 
> That's just bizzarre, unless busybox init is so divergent from Unix as
> to have turned into a scripting language.
>