NAME
shepherd - Service manager for the GNU system
DESCRIPTION
shepherd [OPTIONS...] This is a service manager for Unix and GNU.
- --syslog[=FILE]
-
log to the system log (syslog) at FILE or /dev/log
- -s, --socket=FILE
-
get commands from socket FILE or from stdin (-)
- -c, --config=FILE
-
read configuration from FILE
- --pid[=FILE]
-
when ready, write PID to FILE or stdout
- -l, --logfile=FILE
-
log actions in FILE
- -I, --insecure
-
don't ensure that the setup is secure
- -S, --silent
-
don't do output to stdout
- --quiet
-
synonym for --silent
- --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 shepherd is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and shepherd programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info shepherd
should give you access to the complete manual.