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Re: PW#5-5: Standardized handling of /etc/init.d script options



"Christian" == Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de> writes:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Steve Greenland wrote:
>> On another note, what about things like cron, which don't *need*
>> reload -- it tracks its conffiles, and reads them whenever they
>> change. Should it just implement reload and force-reload as no-ops?

> Yes, I think this would be best. (Some admins might not know this
> and try to run /etc/init.d/cron reload, so it's best if it simply
> does nothing.)

Tut tut!  What you really mean must be: does nothing but exits with a
non-zero status.  Or else we need to reword PW#5-5.

.....A. P. Harris...apharris@onShore.com...<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>


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