upstart 1.13.2 Copyright (C) 2006-2014 Canonical Ltd., 2011 Scott James Remnant This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Usage: upstart [OPTION]... Process management daemon. Options: --append-confdir=DIR specify additional directory to load configuration files from --chroot-sessions enable chroot sessions --confdir=DIR specify alternative directory to load configuration files from --default-console=VALUE default value for console stanza --logdir=DIR specify alternative directory to store job output logs in --no-cgroups do not support cgroups --no-dbus do not connect to a D-Bus bus --no-inherit-env jobs will not inherit environment of init --no-log disable job logging --no-startup-event do not emit any startup event (for testing) --prepend-confdir=DIR specify additional initial directory to load configuration files from --restart flag a re-exec has occurred --state-fd=FD specify file descriptor to read serialisation data from --session use D-Bus session bus rather than system bus (for testing) --startup-event=NAME specify an alternative initial event (for testing) --user start in user mode (as used for user sessions) --write-state-file attempt to write state file on every re-exec -q, --quiet reduce output to errors only -v, --verbose increase output to include informational messages --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit This daemon is normally executed by the kernel and given process id 1 to denote its special status. When executed by a user process, it will actually run /sbin/telinit. Report bugs to <upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com>