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 an environment as
possible, removing most environment variables and with the 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 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).