svc (8)

svc [ -udopchaitkx ] services

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.

-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.

-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.

supervise(8), svok(8), svstat(8), svscanboot(8), svscan(8), readproctitle(8), fghack(8), pgrphack(8), multilog(8), tai64n(8), tai64nlocal(8), setuidgid(8), envuidgid(8), envdir(8), softlimit(8), setlock(8)

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