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sv(8)			     System Manager's Manual			   sv(8)

NAME
     sv - control and manage services monitored by runsv(8)

SYNOPSIS
     sv [-v] [-w sec] command services

     /etc/init.d/service [-w sec] command

DESCRIPTION
     The  sv  program  reports the current status and controls the state of ser-
     vices monitored by the runsv(8) supervisor.

     services consists of one or more arguments, each argument naming  a  direc-
     tory  service  used  by  runsv(8).   If service doesn't start with a dot or
     slash and doesn't end with a slash, it is searched in the default	services
     directory /var/service/, otherwise relative to the current directory.

     command  is  one of up, down, status, once, pause, cont, hup, alarm, inter-
     rupt, 1, 2, term, kill, or exit, or start, stop, restart, shutdown,  force-
     stop, force-reload, force-restart, force-shutdown.

     The  sv  program  can  be sym-linked to /etc/init.d/ to provide an LSB init
     script interface.	The service to be controlled then is  specified  by  the
     base name of the ``init script''.

COMMANDS
     status
	    Report the current status of the service, and the appendant log ser-
	    vice if available, to standard output.

     up     If	the  service  is  not  running, start it.  If the service stops,
	    restart it.

     down   If the service is running, send it the TERM  signal,  and  the  CONT
	    signal.   If  ./run  exits,  start	./finish if it exists.	After it
	    stops, do not restart service.

     once   If the service is not running, start it.  Do not restart  it  if  it
	    stops.

     pause cont hup alarm interrupt quit 1 2 term kill
	    If	the  service is running, send it the STOP, CONT, HUP, ALRM, INT,
	    QUIT, USR1, USR2, TERM, or KILL signal respectively.

     exit   If the service is running, send it the TERM  signal,  and  the  CONT
	    signal.  Do not restart the service.  If the service is down, and no
	    log  service  exists,  runsv(8) exits.  If the service is down and a
	    log service exists, runsv(8) closes the standard input  of	the  log
	    service  and waits for it to terminate.  If the log service is down,
	    runsv(8) exits.  This command is ignored if it is given to an appen-
	    dant log service.

     sv actually looks only at the first character of these commands.

   Commands compatible to LSB init script actions
     status
	    Same as status.

     start  Same as up, but wait up to 7 seconds for the command to take effect.
	    Then report the status or timeout.	If the script ./check exists  in
	    the service directory, sv runs this script to check whether the ser-
	    vice is up and available; it's considered to be available if ./check
	    exits with 0.

     stop   Same  as  down,  but  wait up to 7 seconds for the service to become
	    down.  Then report the status or timeout.

     reload
	    Same as hup, and additionally report the status afterwards.

     restart
	    Send the commands term, cont, and up to the service, and wait up  to
	    7  seconds	for  the  service to restart.  Then report the status or
	    timeout.  If the script ./check exists in the service directory,  sv
	    runs  this	script	to check whether the service is up and available
	    again; it's considered to be available if ./check exits with 0.

     shutdown
	    Same as exit, but wait up to 7 seconds for the runsv(8)  process  to
	    terminate.	Then report the status or timeout.

     force-stop
	    Same  as  down,  but  wait up to 7 seconds for the service to become
	    down.  Then report the status, and on timeout send the  service  the
	    kill command.

     force-reload
	    Send  the  service the term and cont commands, and wait up to 7 sec-
	    onds for the service to restart.  Then report  the	status,  and  on
	    timeout send the service the kill command.

     force-restart
	    Send  the  service	the term, cont and up commands, and wait up to 7
	    seconds for the service to restart.  Then report the status, and  on
	    timeout  send  the	service the kill command.  If the script ./check
	    exists in the service  directory,  sv  runs  this  script  to  check
	    whether the service is up and available again; it's considered to be
	    available if ./check exits with 0.

     force-shutdown
	    Same  as  exit, but wait up to 7 seconds for the runsv(8) process to
	    terminate.	Then report the status, and on timeout send the  service
	    the kill command.

     try-restart
	    if	the  service is running, send it the term and cont commands, and
	    wait up to 7 seconds for the service to restart.   Then  report  the
	    status or timeout.

   Additional Commands
     check  Check  for	the  service  to  be in the state that's been requested.
	    Wait up to 7 seconds for the service to reach the  requested  state,
	    then  report  the  status or timeout.  If the requested state of the
	    service is up, and the script ./check exists in the  service  direc-
	    tory,  sv  runs  this  script to check whether the service is up and
	    running; it's considered to be up if ./check exits with 0.

OPTIONS
     -v     If the command is up, down, term, once, cont, or exit, then wait  up
	    to 7 seconds for the command to take effect.  Then report the status
	    or timeout.

     -w sec
	    Override  the  default  timeout of 7 seconds with sec seconds.  This
	    option implies -v.

ENVIRONMENT
     SVDIR  The environment variable $SVDIR overrides the default  services  di-
	    rectory /var/service/.

     SVWAIT
	    The  environment variable $SVWAIT overrides the default 7 seconds to
	    wait for a command to take effect.	It is overridden by the  -w  op-
	    tion.

EXIT CODES
     sv  exits	0, if the command was successfully sent to all services, and, if
     it was told to wait, the command has taken effect to all services.

     For each service that caused an error (e.g. the directory is not controlled
     by a runsv(8) process, or sv timed out while  waiting),  sv  increases  the
     exit  code  by one and exits non zero.  The maximum is 99.  sv exits 100 on
     error.

     If sv is called with a base name other than sv: it exits 1  on  timeout  or
     trouble  sending  the  command; if the command is status, it exits 3 if the
     service is down, and 4 if the status is unknown; it exits 2 on wrong usage,
     and 151 on error.

SEE ALSO
     runsv(8), chpst(8), svlogd(8), runsvdir(8), runsvchdir(8), runit(8), runit-
     init(8)

     http://smarden.org/runit/

AUTHOR
     Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>

									   sv(8)

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