service
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: Jan 2006
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NAME
service - run a System V init script
SYNOPSIS
service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]
service --status-all
service --help | -h | --version
DESCRIPTION
service
runs a System V init script in as predictable environment as possible,
removing most environment variables
and with current working directory set to /.
The
SCRIPT
parameter specifies a System V init script,
located in /etc/init.d/SCRIPT.
The supported values of
COMMAND
depend on the invoked script,
service
passes
COMMAND
and
OPTIONS
it to the init script unmodified.
All scripts should support at least the
start
and
stop
commands.
As a special case, if
COMMAND
is --full-restart, the script is run twice, first with the
stop
command, then with the
start
command.
service --status-all
runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with the
status
command.
EXIT CODES
service
calls the init script and returns the status returned by it.
FILES
- /etc/init.d
-
The directory containing System V init scripts.
ENVIRONMENT
- LANG, TERM
-
The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.
SEE ALSO
/etc/init.d/skeleton,
update-rc.d(8),
init(8),
invoke-rc.d(8).
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- EXIT CODES
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- FILES
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- ENVIRONMENT
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- SEE ALSO
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