.TH svscanboot 8 .SH NAME svscanboot \- starts .BR svscan (8) in the /service directory, with output and error messages logged through .BR readproctitle (8). svscanboot is available in daemontools 0.75 and above. .SH SYNOPSIS .B svscanboot .SH DESCRIPTION .B svscanboot runs the pipeline svscan /service 2>&1 | readproctitle service errors: ..... with 400 dots. The last 400 bytes of error messages from .BR svscan (8) will be visible to .BR ps (1) through .BR readproctitle (8). .B svscanboot sets $PATH to /command:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin: /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin (all in one line, no space) and clears all other environment variables. Program writers are encouraged to use globally allocated names in .BR /command . .SH SEE ALSO supervise(8), svc(8), svok(8), svstat(8), svscan(8), readproctitle(8), fghack(8), pgrphack(8), multilog(8), tai64n(8), tai64nlocal(8), setuidgid(8), envuidgid(8), envdir(8), softlimit(8), setlock(8), ps(1) http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html http://cr.yp.to/slashcommand.html