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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Current Run-Level: How can you tell?
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Date: 25 Apr 91 14:44:55 GMT
References: <1991Apr23.024433.10460@srwic.UUCP> <1991Apr24.150645.1135@cbnews.cb.att.com> <z.8Goc1y1@cs.psu.edu>
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In article <z.8Goc1y1@cs.psu.edu> schwartz@groucho.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) writes:
> Bizarre.  Why stick that in the "who" command?

Because "who" grovels through /etc/utmp, and that's where the current run
level is stored.
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