NAME

       update-metainit - Generates init scripts

SYNOPSIS

       update-metainit [--remove initname [--purge] ]

DESCRIPTION

       Metainit solves the problem of writing good init scripts. Instead of manually creating
       these important files, they are derived from a declaritive description in the metainit
       files in /etc/metainit. These files can be shipped with packages or created by the local
       administrator.

       If update-metainit called without argument, it will regenerate init scripts for all the
       files in /etc/metainit. The generated files contain a large warning in form of a comment
       that they will be overridden. Modifications are preferably done in the files in
       /etc/metainit and made effective by running update-metainit. If needed, the administrator
       can prevent modified init files by removing the warning comment.

OPTIONS

       --remove initname
           This command will remove any generated and non-modified scripts that were created by
           the metainit file with the name initname.

       --purge
           Only usable with --remove. Will remove the generated files even if modified.

SEE ALSO

       dh_metainit(1)

AUTHOR

       Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>