- restarting/respawning touch respawn - dependencies a needs started b - clean multiply dependencies - start & stop dependencies start_depends stop_depends - parallel executation - start and stop commands start -> link start_param -> parameters, like minit stop -> link stop_param -> parameters, like minit if no stop command is available, try to kill the pid we started at stop /startup/ start_depends=gettys /shutdown/ stop_depends=power_off gettys/ start_depends=getty/1 start_depends=getty/2 start_depends=getty/3 start_depends=getty/4 ... getty/1/ start=/sbin/fgetty respawn power_off/ stop_depend=umount umount/ stop_depend=