startup(7)

NAME

   startup - event signalling system startup

SYNOPSIS

   startup [ENV]...

DESCRIPTION

   The  startup  event is generated by the Upstart init(8) daemon after it
   has completed its own initialisation and is the signal that the rest of
   the system may be started.

   Typically  this  will  involve checking and mounting the partitions and
   drives that form the filesystem, loading drivers for connected  devices
   and starting the X windowing system or other login environment.

   In  the  default  Upstart  configuration,  the  primary task run on the
   startup event is  the  /etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf  job  responsible  for
   generating  the  System  V compatible runlevel(7) event.  See that page
   for a more detailed explanation of this process.

   This event is emitted when running both as pid 1 and as a Session Init.

   Paradoxically there is currently no corresponding Upstart-native  event
   signifying  that  the  system  is  to  be  shutdown,  only the System V
   compatible runlevel 0 and runlevel 6 events provide this functionality.
   However, when running as a Session Init, the session-end event performs
   this function.

EXAMPLE

   A service with no other dependencies run on startup might use:

          start on startup

SEE ALSO

   runlevel(7) session-end(7) init(5) init(8)

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