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.\" @(#)init.8 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/26/95

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.Dd November 10, 2008

.Dd October 2, 2013

.Dt INIT 8

.Os

.Sh NAME

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.Sh DESCRIPTION

The

.Nm

program is the last stage of the boot process (after the kernel loads

program is the last stage of the boot process.

and initializes all the devices).

It normally begins multi-user operation.

.Pp

.Nm

is executed automatically by the kernel,

after the kernel has initialised all devices

and mounted the root file system.

The kernel may try multiple possible paths for

.Nm ,

including

.Pa /sbin/init ,

.Pa /sbin/oinit ,

.Pa /sbin/init.bak ,

and

.Pa /rescue/init .

.Pp

The following table describes the state machine used by

.Nm :

.Bl -enum