shepherd1

Overview

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.