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Introduction Introduction
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Finit is an EeePC Fastinit inspired clone with [process supervision][1] Finit is a simple alternative to [SysV init][4] and [systemd][6]. It
similar to that of D.J. Bernstein's [daemontools][2] and Gerrit Pape's was reverse engineered from the [EeePC fastinit][] ten years ago by
[runit][3]. It also supports free-form conditions based on events, e.g. [Claudio Matsuoka][] — "gaps filled with frog DNA …"
triggering on PID file creation, Netlink events like a default route or
interfaces coming up, or even custom events. Similar to [systemd][6].
Finit focuses on small and embedded Linux systems, although fully usable Ths focus is on small and embedded systems, although fully usable on
on servers and desktops as well. See the [contrib section](contrib/) server and desktop systems as well. See the [contrib section](contrib/)
for Debian and Alpine Linux examples. for Debian and Alpine Linux examples.
Traditional [SysV init][4] style systems are scripted. For low-resource ![Finit starting TroglOS](images/finit3-screenshot.png "Finit screenshot")
embedded systems this is quite resource intensive and often leads to
long boot times. Finit reduces context switches and forking of shell
scripts to provide a swift [system bootstrap](doc/bootstrap.md) written
entirely in C.
The system configuration can be read from either the traditional single
file, [/etc/finit.conf](doc/config.md#etcfinitconf) and/or from small
per-service files in [/etc/finit.d/](doc/config.md#etcfinitd). These
files detail kernel modules to load, bootstrap tasks, services and TTYs
to start. When initial [bootstrap](doc/bootstrap.md) is done, including
setting up networking, all services the configured runlevel are started,
followed by running the familiar [/etc/rc.local](#runparts--etcrclocal)
script.
**Example /etc/finit.conf:** Example
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This example `/etc/finit.conf` can also be split up in multiple `.conf`
files in `/etc/finit.d`. Available, but not yet enabled, services can
be placed in `/etc/finit.d/available` and enabled by an operator using
the `initctl` tool.
```conf ```conf
# Fallback if /etc/hostname is missing # Fallback if /etc/hostname is missing
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Remember to also set up an initial `/etc/finit.conf` before rebooting! Remember to also set up an initial `/etc/finit.conf` before rebooting!
![Finit starting TroglOS](images/finit3-screenshot.png "Finit screenshot")
Debugging Debugging
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