Re: PW#5-5: Standardized handling of /etc/init.d script options
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> 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?
No, I don't think so. Listing unsupported options in the `syntax' line
would just confuse the sysadmin.
If everyone else agrees with me on that point, I'll add a small note to
the actual policy text about how the `syntax' line should look like.
Thanks,
Chris
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