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authorSebastien Luttringer <seblu@seblu.net>2011-10-01 10:59:30 +0200
committerTom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>2011-10-18 09:37:03 +0200
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Add rc.d manual page2011.10.1
Thanks to Elvis Stansvik <elvstone@gmail.com> for its template. Fix bug: FS#25269 Signed-off-by: Sebastien Luttringer <seblu@seblu.net>
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+/////
+vim:set ts=4 sw=4 syntax=asciidoc noet:
+/////
+rc.d(8)
+=======
+
+Name
+----
+rc.d - Initscripts power tool
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+*rc.d <action> [options] [rc [rc] ...]*
+
+Description
+-----------
+The *rc.d* program controls and lists rc scripts on the system. An action may be
+invoked on one or more scripts using *rc.d action rc1 rc2...*. See <<A,Actions>>
+below for more information.
+Use *rc.d list* to get the list of all rc scripts on the system.
+
+Actions[[A]]
+------------
+The actions supported by a rc scripts may be different from script to script, but
+commonly supported actions include:
+
+*start*::
+ Starts the script if it's not already running.
+
+*stop*::
+ Stops a running script.
+
+*restart*::
+ Restarts a running script.
+
+More uncommon actions are:
+
+*reload*::
+ Signals the script to reload its configuration.
+
+*status*::
+ Shows the status of the script.
+
+Options[[O]]
+------------
+*-s, --started*::
+ Filter to started scripts.
+
+*-S, --stopped*::
+ Filter to stopped scripts.
+
+*-a, --auto*::
+ Filter to auto started scripts.
+
+*-A, --noauto*::
+ Filter to manually started scripts.
+
+Examples[[E]]
+-------------
+*rc.d list*::
+ List all scripts.
+
+*rc.d list sshd gpm*::
+ List only *sshd* and *gpm* scripts.
+
+*rc.d list --started gpm*::
+ List *gpm* script only if started.
+
+*rc.d list --started --auto*::
+ List all auto started scripts.
+
+*rc.d start sshd gpm*::
+ Starts *sshd* and *gpm* scripts.
+
+*rc.d start --auto --stopped*::
+ Starts all stopped scripts which are started at startup.
+
+*rc.d stop crond*::
+ Stops the *crond* script.
+
+*rc.d stop --noauto*::
+ Stop all script which are not runned at startup
+
+*rc.d restart crond*::
+ Restarts the *crond* script.
+
+*rc.d restart --stopped crond*::
+ Restarts the *crond* script only if stopped.
+
+*rc.d help*::
+ Display help.
+
+Directories[[D]]
+----------------
+'/etc/rc.d'::
+ Directory containing available daemons on the system.
+
+'/usr/lib/initscripts'::
+ Directory containing available initscripts plugins.
+
+Authors
+-------
+ Written by Sebastien Luttringer and Dave Reisner.