Current Run-Level: How can you tell?

[Wes Peters]

In article <599 at fciva.FRANKCAP.COM>, dag at fciva.FRANKCAP.COM (Daniel A. Graifer) writes:
> It may depend on your version of unix, but in my port of SysV 3.1.2
> "who -r" reports various things about init including the current run
> level.  Many of the vendor supplied rc2.d init files use this to make
> sure certain things do/don't happen during transition from one state
> to another.
> 
> I don't know how you would do it from 'c'.

Use getutent(3) on {/etc,/usr/adm}/wtmp to find the LAST run-level
entry.  Sorry, I don't have any System V man pages with me, or I'd try
to hack up a simple loop for you.  Getutent(3) and utmp(5) should have
enough info to get you started.

	Wes Peters
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