SERVICE(8) System Manager's Manual SERVICE(8)
NAME
service - run a System V init script
SYNOPSIS
service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]
service --status-all
service --help | -h | --version
DESCRIPTION
service runs a System V init script or systemd unit in as predictable an
environment as possible, removing most environment variables and with
the current working directory set to /.
The SCRIPT parameter specifies a System V init script, located in
/etc/init.d/SCRIPT, or the name of a systemd unit. The existence of a
systemd unit of the same name as a script in /etc/init.d will cause the
unit to take precedence over the init.d script. The supported values of
COMMAND depend on the invoked script. service passes COMMAND and OP-
TIONS to the init script unmodified. For systemd units, start, stop,
status, and reload are passed through to their systemctl/initctl equiva-
lents.
All scripts should support at least the start and stop commands. As a
special case, if COMMAND is --full-restart, the script is run twice,
first with the stop command, then with the start command. Note, that un-
like update-rc.d(8), service does not check /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d.
service --status-all runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with
the status command. The status is [ + ] for running services, [ - ] for
stopped services and [ ? ] for services without a status command. This
option only calls status for sysvinit jobs.
EXIT CODES
service calls the init script and returns the status returned by it.
FILES
/etc/init.d
The directory containing System V init scripts.
/{lib,run,etc}/systemd/system
The directories containing systemd units.
ENVIRONMENT
LANG, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
LC_MESSAGES, LC_PAPER, LC_NAME, LC_ADDRESS, LC_TELEPHONE, LC_MEASURE-
MENT, LC_IDENTIFICATION, LC_ALL, TERM, PATH
The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.
SEE ALSO
/etc/init.d/skeleton
update-rc.d(8)
init(8)
invoke-rc.d(8)
systemctl(1)
AUTHOR
Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com>, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
License: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)
COPYRIGHT
2006 Red Hat, Inc., Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Jan 2006 SERVICE(8)
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