Provided by:
upstart_1.5-0ubuntu5_i386 
NAME
init - Upstart process management daemon
SYNOPSIS
init [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
init is the parent of all processes on the system, it is executed by
the kernel and is responsible for starting all other processes; it is
the parent of all processes whose natural parents have died and it is
responsible for reaping those when they die.
Processes managed by init are known as jobs and are defined by files in
the /etc/init directory. See init(5) for more details on configuring
Upstart.
Events
init(8) is an event-based init daemon. This means that jobs will be
automatically started and stopped by changes that occur to the system
state, including as a result of jobs starting and stopping.
This is different to dependency-based init daemons which start a
specified set of goal jobs, and resolve the order in which they should
be started and other jobs required by iterating their dependencies.
For more information on starting and stopping jobs, as well as emitting
events that will automatically start and stop jobs, see the manual page
for the initctl(8) tool.
The primary event is the startup(7) event, emitted when the daemon has
finished loading its configuration. Other useful events are the
starting(7), started(7), stopping(7) and stopped(7) events emitted as
jobs change state.
See upstart-events(7) for a summary of well-known events.
System V compatibility
The Upstart init(8) daemon does not keep track of runlevels itself,
instead they are implemented entirely by its userspace tools. The
event emitted to signify a change of runlevel is the runlevel(7) event.
For more information see its manual page.
OPTIONS
Options are passed to init(8) by placing them on the kernel command-
line.
--confdir directory
Read job configuration files from a directory other than
/etc/init.
--default-console value
Default value for jobs that do not specify a 'console' stanza.
This could be used for example to set the default to 'none' but
still honour jobs that specify explicitly 'console log'. See
init(5) for all possible values of console.
--logdir directory
Write job output log files to a directory other than
/var/log/upstart.
--no-log
Disable logging of job output. Note that jobs specifying
'console log' will be treated as if they had specified 'console
none'. See init(5) for further details.
--no-sessions
Disable user and chroot sessions.
--no-startup-event
Suppress emission of the initial startup event. This option
should only be used for testing since it will stop the init(8)
daemon from starting any jobs automatically.
--session
Connect to the D-Bus session bus. This should only be used for
testing.
--startup-event event
Specify a different initial startup event from the standard
startup(7).
--verbose
Outputs verbose messages about job state changes and event
emissions to the system console or log, useful for debugging
boot.
NOTES
init is not normally executed by a user process, and expects to have a
process id of 1. If this is not the case, it will actually execute
telinit(8) and pass all arguments to that. See that manual page for
further details.
FILES
/etc/init.conf
/etc/init/*.conf
$HOME/.init/
AUTHOR
Written by Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs at <https://launchpad.net/upstart/+bugs>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Canonical Ltd.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
control-alt-delete(7) init(5) initctl(8) runlevel(7) startup(7)
starting(7) started(7) stopping(7) stopped(7) telinit(8) upstart-
events(7)