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RC-SERVICE (8) System Manager’s Manual RC-SERVICE (8)
NAME
rc-service — locate and run an OpenRC service with the given arguments
SYNOPSIS
rc-service
[
-c
,
--ifcrashed
]
service cmd
[
...
]
rc-service -d
,
--debug
service cmd
[
...
]
rc-service -D
,
--nodeps
service cmd
[
...
]
rc-service
[
-i
,
--ifexists
]
service cmd
[
...
]
rc-service
[
-I
,
--ifinactive
]
service cmd
[
...
]
rc-service
[
-N
,
--ifnotstarted
]
service cmd
[
...
]
rc-service
[
-s
,
--ifstarted
]
service cmd
[
...
]
rc-service
[
-S
,
--ifstopped
]
service cmd
[
...
]
rc-service -e
,
--exists
service
rc-service -Z
,
--dry-run
service cmd
[
...
]
rc-service -l
,
--list
rc-service -r
,
--resolve
service
DESCRIPTION
Service scripts could be in different places on different systems. rc-service locates the specified service and runs it with the given arguments. If -i , --ifexists is given then rc-service returns 0 even if the service does not exist. If -I , --ifinactive or -N , --ifnotstarted is given then rc-service returns 0 if the service exists but is in the wrong state.
If given the -l , --list argument then rc-service will list all available services.
-e , --exists return 0 if it can find service , otherwise -1. -r , --resolve does the same and also prints the full path of the service to stdout.
-d , --debug sets -x when running the service script(s).
-D , --nodeps ignores dependencies when running the service.
-Z , --dry-run displays commands rather than executing them.
SEE ALSO
openrc (8), stdout (3)
AUTHORS
Roy Marples <roy@marples.name> OpenRC May 1, 2009 RC-SERVICE (8)