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author | Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com> | 1998-02-12 18:22:25 +0000 |
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committer | Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com> | 1998-02-12 18:22:25 +0000 |
commit | 6b5e94313caecd2e612d5337a7d455a89e6bfd14 (patch) | |
tree | 3e42da7b280e3441a28fc61eb81ee01a76793e26 /sysvinitfiles | |
parent | 33a2c0c0830fd7c90a44210cfe5859211f072fc0 (diff) | |
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Languages.
A few more notes on how to do things.
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diff --git a/sysvinitfiles b/sysvinitfiles index bbfbe435..e386a386 100644 --- a/sysvinitfiles +++ b/sysvinitfiles @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Writing a System V init script for Red Hat Linux -================================================ +Writing System V init scripts for Red Hat Linux +=============================================== All System V init scripts are named /etc/rc.d/init.d/<servicename> where <servicename> is the name of the service. There must be no @@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ case "$1" in esac +Notes: the restart and reload functions may be (and commonly are) +combined into one test, vis: + restart|reload) +You are not prohibited from adding other commands; list all commands +which you intend to be used interactively to the usage message. + + Functions in /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ======================================= @@ -112,6 +119,12 @@ Tags characters. The initial comment and following whitespace on the following lines is ignored. +# description[ln]: <multi-line description of service in the language \ +# ln, whatever that is> + + Optional. Should be the description translated into the + specified language. + # autoreload: true Optional. If this line exists, the daemon checks its |