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+ <title>system-init</title>
+ <meta name="Description" content="Init script for FreeBSD." />
+ <meta name="Keywords" content="goetia s6 s6-rc FreeBSD" />
+ </head>
+ <header>
+ <p>
+ <a href="//0x53.net/software/goetia/goetia-freebsd-init">goetia-freebsd-init</a>
+ <br />
+ <a href="//0x53.net/software/goetia">goetia</a>
+ <br />
+ <a href="//0x53.net/software">Software</a>
+ <br />
+ <a href="//0x53.net">0x53.net</a>
+ </p>
+ </header>
+ <body>
+ <h1>The system-init program</h1>
+ <p>
+ system-init is a minimal, scripted init to bring up a goetia based system.
+ </p>
+ <h2>Interface</h2>
+ <pre> system-init</pre>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ system-init takes no arguments.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It makes <code>/dev/console</code> its stdout and stderr.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It reads the environment variable <code>BUNDLE</code>,
+ which can be specified on the Kernel command line.
+ If it is undefined, it uses <code>default</code> as the value.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It reads the environment variable <code>PATH</code>,
+ which can be specified on the Kernel command line.
+ If it is undefined, it uses
+ <code>/command:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/libexec:/usr/local/libexec</code>
+ as the value.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It sets the <code>PATH</code> environment variable to the value
+ chosen above.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It chdirs to <code>/</code>.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It runs <code><a href="https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-setsid.html">s6-setsid</a></code>
+ to become the session leader.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It creates the
+ <a href="//0x53.net/software/goetia/rundir.html">runtime directory</a>
+ if it does not already exist.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It mounts the
+ <a href="//0x53.net/software/goetia/rundir.html">runtime directory</a>
+ tmpfs.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It copies the old system logs from the
+ <code>system/uncaught-logs</code>
+ subdirectory of the
+ <a href="//0x53.net/software/goetia/logdir.html">log directory</a>
+ to the
+ <code>system/</code>
+ subdirectory of the
+ <a href="//0x53.net/software/goetia/rundir.html">runtime directory</a>
+ if they exist.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It runs
+ <code><a href="./prepare-svscan.html">prepare-svscan</a></code>
+ with the proper arguments.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Finally, it executes into
+ <code><a href="https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-svscan.html">s6-svscan</a></code>
+ on the scandir represented by the
+ <code>system/service</code>
+ subdirectory of the
+ <a href="//0x53.net/software/goetia/rundir.html">runtime directory</a>.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ <h2>Exit codes</h2>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ system-init usually executes into
+ <a href="https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-svscan.html">s6-svscan</a>
+ which exits according to its page.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Since system-init is an
+ <a href="https://skarnet.org/software/execline/">execline</a>
+ script, it exits with an approximation
+ of employed program that failed.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ system-init mostly uses
+ <a href="https://skarnet.org/software/execline/">execline</a>
+ and
+ <a href="https://skarnet.org/software/s6/">s6</a>
+ software, the exit behaviour of which can be looked up on
+ their respective pages.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ See also:
+ <a href="https://skarnet.org/software/execline/exitcodes.html">execline exit code handling</a>.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ <h2>Options</h2>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ There are no options to system-init.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ <h2>Notes</h2>
+ <p>
+ system-init is primarily intended to be used
+ as an init for an acutal boot process, not for containers.
+ </p>
+ </body>
+</html>