Translations by Scott James Remnant (Canonical)

Not being executed as init

Unable to set root directory

Unable to mount /proc filesystem

Unable to mount /sys filesystem

Unable to listen for private connections

Caught %s, core dumped

Caught %s, unable to dump core

Re-executing %s

main

Failed to re-execute %s: %s

Unable to connect to system bus

%s: --dest given without --system

Unable to connect to Upstart

%s: missing job name

Not running

%s: missing event name

use D-Bus system bus to connect to init daemon

do not wait for job to start before exiting

do not wait for job to stop before exiting

do not wait for job to restart before exiting

do not wait for event to finish before exiting

Job

Event

JOB [KEY=VALUE]...

Start job.

JOB is the name of the job that is to be started, this may be followed by zero or more environment variables to be defined in the new job. The environment may also serve to distinguish between job instances, and thus decide whether a new instance will be started or an error returned if an existing instance is already running.

Stop job.

JOB is the name of the job that is to be stopped, this may be followed by zero or more environment variables to be passed to the job's pre-stop and post-stop processes. The environment also serves to distinguish between job instances, and thus decide which of multiple instances will be stopped.

Restart job.

JOB is the name of the job that is to be restarted, this may be followed by zero or more environment variables to be defined in the job after restarting. The environment also serves to distinguish between job instances, and thus decide which of multiple instances will be restarted.

Send HUP signal to job.

JOB is the name of the job that is to be sent the signal, this may be followed by zero or more environment variables to distinguish between job instances.

Query status of job.

JOB is the name of the job that is to be queried, this may be followed by zero or more environment variables to distguish between job instances.

List known jobs.

The known jobs and their current status will be output.

EVENT [KEY=VALUE]...

Emit an event.

EVENT is the name of an event the init daemon should emit, this may be followed by zero or more environment variables to be included in the event.

Reload the configuration of the init daemon.

Request the version of the init daemon.

[PRIORITY]

PRIORITY may be one of: `debug' (messages useful for debugging upstart are logged, equivalent to --debug on kernel command-line); `info' (messages about job goal and state changes, as well as event emissions are logged, equivalent to --verbose on the kernel command-line); `message' (informational and debugging messages are suppressed, the default); `warn' (ordinary messages are suppressed whilst still logging warnings and errors); `error' (only errors are logged, equivalent to --quiet on the kernel command-line) or `fatal' (only fatal errors are logged). Without arguments, this outputs the current log priority.

don't sync before reboot or halt

force reboot or halt, don't call shutdown(8)

switch off the power when called as halt

don't actually reboot or halt, just write wtmp record

Halt the system.

Power off the system.

Reboot the system.