NAME
herd - Control the shepherd(1) service manager
DESCRIPTION
herd [OPTIONS...] ACTION SERVICE [ARG...] Apply ACTION (start, stop, status, etc.) on SERVICE with the ARGs.
- --group=GROUP
-
run the given program as GROUP
- --user=USER
-
run the given program as USER
- -E, --environment-variable=ENVIRONMENT
-
pass the environment variable specified by ENVIRONMENT
- -d, --working-directory=DIRECTORY
-
run service from DIRECTORY (for transient services)
- --log-file=FILE
-
log service output to FILE
- -N, --service-name=NAME
-
register new service under NAME
- -n, --log-history=NUMBER
-
display up to NUMBER service log lines
- -s, --socket=FILE
-
send commands to FILE
- --help
-
display this help and exit
- --usage
-
display short usage message and exit
- --version
-
display version information and exit
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional to the corresponding short options.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: [email protected] .
GNU Shepherd general home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2025 the Shepherd authors License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for herd is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and herd programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info shepherd
should give you access to the complete manual.