svc(8)

svc8

Controls services monitored by supervise(8).

Usage

svc [-udopchaitkx] services

Overview

services consists of any number of arguments, each argument naming a directory used by supervise(8).

svc applies all the options to each service in turn.

Options

-u

Up. If the service is not running, start it. If the service stops, restart it.

-d

Down. If the service is running, send it a TERM signal and then a CONT signal. After it stops, do not restart it.

-o

Once. If the service is not running, start it. Do not restart it if it stops.

-p

Pause. Send the service a STOP signal.

-c

Continue. Send the service a CONT signal.

-h

Hangup. Send the service a HUP signal.

-a

Alarm. Send the service an ALRM signal.

-i

Interrupt. Send the service an INT signal.

-t

Terminate. Send the service a TERM signal.

-k

Kill. Send the service a KILL signal.

-q

Quit. Send the service a QUIT signal.

-1

Send the service a USR1 signal.

-2

Send the service a USR2 signal.

-x

Exit. supervise(8) will exit as soon as the service is down. If you use this option on a stable system, you're doing something wrong; supervise(8) is designed to run forever.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 5.0–12
  2. 13

-1 since Debian 13 (Trixie); -2 since Debian 13 (Trixie); -q since Debian 13 (Trixie).

From daemontools 1:0.76-14 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.