Re: PW#5-5: Standardized handling of /etc/init.d script options
On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 11:34:24PM +0100, Christian Schwarz wrote:
> Each /etc/init.d script _has_ to provide the following options:
>
> start starts the daemon(s)
> stop stops the daemon(s)
>
> restart has to stop and start the daemon(s)
> (just making the daemons reload their configuration
> files is _NOT_ enough)
>
> reload if possible, make daemon(s) refresh their configuration files
> (it is important, that the daemon(s) are not stopped
> by this option)
>
> force-reload if possible do a "reload", otherwise "restart"
Does the syntax display usually offerred by these scripts have to
indicate all these options, are only those that are actually useful?
For example, if a script is going to exit with an error for
reload, does it need to mention reload?
hamish
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