---
name: "gnunet-testing-run-service"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnunet"
version: "0.20.0-7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnunet-testing-run-service"
---

# gnunet-testing-run-service(1)

command line tool to start a service for testing

## NAME

**gnunet-testing-run-service** – command line tool to start a service for testing

## SYNOPSIS

**gnunet-testing-run-service** \[**-c** *FILENAME* \| **--config=***FILENAME*\] \[**-h** \| **--help**\] \[**-s** *SERVICE* \| **--service=***SERVICE*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**gnunet-testing-run-service** is a command line tool to start a service for testing. It starts a peer, running only the service specified on the command line, outputs the path to the temporary configuration file to stdout.

The peer will run until this program is killed, or stdin is closed. When reading the character 'r' from stdin, the running service is restarted with the same configuration.

This executable is intended to be used by gnunet-java, in order to reliably start and stop services for test cases.

- **-c** *FILENAME* \| **--config=***FILENAME*

  Name of the template configuration file to use (optional).

- **-h** \| **--help**

  Print short help on options.

- **-s** *SERVICE* \| **--service=***SERVICE*

  Name of the service to run.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for gnunet is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the [info(1)](/info/1.md) and gnunet programs are properly installed at your site, the command

```
info gnunet
```

should give you access to the complete handbook,

```
info gnunet-c-tutorial
```

will give you access to a tutorial for developers.

Depending on your installation, this information is also available in gnunet(7) and gnunet-c-tutorial(7).

## BUGS

Report bugs by using **https://bugs.gnunet.org** or by sending electronic mail to ⟨*gnunet-developers@gnu.org*⟩.