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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ install: install -m755 service setsysfont $(ROOT)/sbin install -m755 lang.csh lang.sh $(ROOT)/etc/profile.d install -m755 sys-unconfig $(ROOT)/usr/sbin - install -m644 sys-unconfig.8 $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man8 + install -m644 service.8 sys-unconfig.8 $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man8 install -m644 sysctl.conf $(ROOT)/etc/sysctl.conf if uname -m | grep -q sparc ; then \ install -m644 sysctl.conf.sparc $(ROOT)/etc/sysctl.conf ; fi diff --git a/service.8 b/service.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..eb250379 --- /dev/null +++ b/service.8 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.\" A man page for service(8). -*- nroff -*- +.\" +.\" Copyright (C) 2005 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, +.\" modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the +.\" GNU General Public License v.2. +.\" +.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT +.\" ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or +.\" FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for +.\" more details. +.\" +.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along +.\" with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., +.\" 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. +.\" +.\" Author: Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com> +.TH service 8 "Jan 2005" + +.SH NAME +service \- run a System V init script + +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBservice\fR \fISCRIPT\fR \fICOMMAND\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] + +\fBservice \-\-status\-all\fR + +\fBservice\fR \fB\-\-help\fR | \fB\-h\fR | \fB\-\-version\fR + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B service +runs a System V init script in as predictable environment as possible, +removing most environment variables +and with current working directory set to \fB/\fR. + +The +.I SCRIPT +parameter specifies a System V init script, +located in \fB/etc/init.d/\fISCRIPT\fR. +The supported values of +.I COMMAND +depend on the invoked script, +.B service +passes +.I COMMAND +and +.I OPTIONS +it to the init script unmodified. +All scripts should support at least the +.B start +and +.B stop +commands. +As a special case, if +.I COMMAND +is \fB\-\-full-restart\fR, the script is run twice, first with the +.B stop +command, then with the +.B start +command. + +.B service \-\-status\-all +runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with the +.B status +command. + +.SH FILES +.TP +\fB/etc/init.d\fR +The directory containing System V init scripts. + +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.TP +\fBLANG\fR, \fBTERM\fR +The only environment variables passed to the init scripts. + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR chkconfig (8), +.BR ntsysv(8) |