got it. The confusion then is spawning(no pun) from the assumption that pid 1 script forks while it doesn't. It calls a program and wait for it to exit. Only th

got it. The confusion then is spawning(no pun) from the assumption that pid 1 script forks while it doesn't. It calls a program and wait for it to exit. Only then pid 1 exits and the system shuts down.