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From: rogers@ofc.Columbia.NCR.COM (H. L. Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: multi/single-user mode flag?
Summary: Abstract it!
Keywords: What number?
Message-ID: <166@ofc.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 16 May 88 17:24:52 GMT
References: <3595@psuvax1.psu.edu> <243@oha.UUCP> <340@conexch.UUCP>
Reply-To: rogers@ofc.UUCP (H. L. Rogers)
Organization: NCR Corp, E&M-Columbia, W Columbia, SC
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In article <340@conexch.UUCP> root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) writes:
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>The normal way for a Sys V user to determine which run level state the system 
>is in, is to do a 'who -r'.

True, but since there is no 'standard' which specifies the system state for
a particular run level number, a user program (application?) risks
portability problems from vendor to vendor.  Does anyone know of any
standards work to abstract the numerical run level for Un*x systems?
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HL Rogers    (hl.rogers@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM)