Re: Bug#291148: [PROPOSAL] Add a 'status' option in init.d scripts
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 10:56:57PM +0100, Thomas Hood wrote:
>
> "/etc/init.d/foo start" should exit with a nonzero status if foo failed
> to start. Unfortunately this status isn't conveyed to the user, as you
> say.
That is not exactly true: See 9.4. Console messages from `init.d' scripts
In particular the message end by a dot followed by a newline if and only
if the script is successful.
If you see something like ...
$ /etc/init.d/foo start
Starting foo daemon: foo $
... the script failed.
On the other hand, if you get
$ /etc/init.d/foo start
Starting foo daemon: foo.
$
... then the script run correctly.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
Imagine a large red swirl here.
Reply to: