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NITROCTL(1)		    General Commands Manual		   NITROCTL(1)

NAME
       nitroctl	-- control and manage services monitored by nitro

SYNOPSIS
       nitroctl	[-t timeout] command services ...

DESCRIPTION
       nitroctl	supports the following commands:

       list		List  all  services  and  information  about them (de-
			fault).
       scan, rescan	Rescan the service list	from the file system.
       up, u		Request	services to be up.
       down, d		Request	services to be down.
       start		Request	services to be up and wait for it to enter UP.
       stop		Request	services to be down and	wait for it  to	 enter
			DOWN.
       restart		Request	services to be restarted and wait for it to be
			UP again.
       fast-start	Request	 services  to be started and wait for it to be
			in state STARTING.
       fast-stop	Request	services to be down and	wait for it to	be  in
			state SHUTDOWN.
       fast-restart, r	Request	services to be restarted and wait for it to be
			in state RESTART.
       pause, cont, hup, alarm,	interrupt, quit, term, kill, 1,	2
			Send  the signal to services.  The first character can
			be used	as a shortcut.
       pidof		Print PIDs of the services.
       check		Exit with status 0 if the services are running.
       Reboot		Request	system reboot.
       Shutdown		Request	system shutdown.

       By default, the timeout is infinite.

ENVIRONMENT
       NITRO_SOCK
	       The  control  socket  (by  default:  /var/run/nitro/nitro.sock)
	       where nitro(8) listens for commands.

EXIT STATUS
       The nitroctl utility exits 0 on success,	and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
       nitro(8)

AUTHORS
       Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>

FreeBSD	ports 15.0		August 27, 2025			   NITROCTL(1)

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