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perpctl(8)		 persistent process supervision 	      perpctl(8)

NAME
     perpctl - runtime control utility for perpd(8) services

SYNOPSIS
     perpctl [-hV] [-b basedir ] [-g] [-L] [-q] cmd sv [ sv ...  ]

DESCRIPTION
     perpctl  sends  the command specified in cmd to the perpd(8) control inter-
     face for each service argument sv.

     The argument cmd may be given as a single word of any length, but only  the
     first  letter is considered.  The available commands include (with mnemonic
     in parentheses):

     A (Activate)
	    Sets the sticky bit on each sv service directory argument and  sends
	    SIGHUP to perpd(8).  The effect is to activate each sv service.

     X ([e]Xit)
	    Unsets  the  sticky  bit  on  each sv service directory argument and
	    sends SIGHUP to perpd(8).  The effect is to bring down each sv  ser-
	    vice and remove it from the set of services perpd(8) is monitoring.

     d (down)
	    If the service is running, send it a sequence of SIGTERM and SIGCONT
	    signals to bring it down.  perpd(8) will flag the service as wanting
	    down: if the service stops it will not be restarted.

     u (up)
	    If the service is not already running, start it.  perpd(8) will flag
	    the  service  as  wanting  up:  if	the  service  stops  it  will be
	    restarted.

     o (once)
	    If the service is not already running, start it.  perpd(8) will flag
	    the service to run once:  if  the  service	stops  it  will  not  be
	    restarted.

     p (pause)
	    Send the service a SIGSTOP signal.	Normally this suspends execution
	    of the service.  perpd(8) will flag the service as paused.

     c (continue)
	    Send  the  service a SIGCONT signal.  Normally a paused service will
	    then resume execution.  perpd(8) will remove a  pause  flag  on  the
	    service.

     a (alarm)
     h (hup)
     i (interrupt)
     k (kill)
     q (quit)
     t (term)
     w (winch)
     1 (usr1)
     2 (usr2)
	    Send  the  service	a corresponding signal: SIGALRM, SIGHUP, SIGINT,
	    SIGKILL, SIGQUIT, SIGTERM, SIGWINCH, SIGUSR1 or SIGUSR2.

     D (meta-Down)
     U (meta-Up)
	    When given in upper-case, the d (down) and u (up) commands described
	    above are applied to both the main and log services.

     The signal/control commands listed above are applied to an  active  service
     process  running  from the ``start'' target of its perpetrate(5) runscript.
     perpd(8) will otherwise ignore any of the commands described above  if  re-
     ceived  while  a  service	is  resetting,	except	for the commands c (con-
     tinue/SIGCONT) or k (kill/SIGKILL).

OPTIONS
     -b basedir
	    Base directory.  Sets the base directory  containing  the  sv  argu-
	    ments.   If  not set, perpctl will look for a value set in the envi-
	    ronmental variable PERP_BASE.  If neither of these is  set,  perpctl
	    will operate on the current working directory.

     -g     Group.   Apply  the requested command to the process group id (pgid)
	    of each sv service.  Normally the signal is applied only to the sin-
	    gle process id of the service.  perpd(8)  runs  each  main	and  log
	    process  in  its  own  separate process group; the -g option directs
	    perpd(8) to signal all process running with the pgid of the service.
	    May be combined with the -L option to signal all  processes  in  the
	    process group of the logging service.

     -h     Help.  Print a brief usage message to stderr and exit.

     -L     Logger.   Apply the cmd argument to the active logging service found
	    in sv services.  By default, the cmd argument is applied to the main
	    service.  The -L option is not allowed when using any of  the  meta-
	    commands D, U, or X.

     -q     Quiet.   Normally  after  successfully  applying the cmd to each sv,
	    perpctl reports a brief message to stderr.	The  -q  option  may  be
	    used to suppress these messages.

     -V     Version.   Print  the  version  number  of the program to stderr and
	    exit.

DIAGNOSTICS
     For each sv successfully processed, perpctl prints a line to stderr in  the
     form:

	    sv: ok

     For  each	sv not successfully processed, perpctl prints a brief diagnostic
     to stderr and continues processing any remaining sv.

EXIT STATUS
     perpctl exits with one of the following values:

     0	    Success.  The cmd was successfully delivered to all sv service argu-
	    ments.

     100    Usage error.  For unknown options, missing arguments, or other  com-
	    mand-line  errors.	 Prints  a brief diagnostic message to stderr on
	    exit.

     111    System error.  One or more errors were encountered while processing.
	    These may include unexpected failures  of  system  calls,  privilege
	    and/or resource problems, or configuration errors in the base direc-
	    tory.   A brief diagnostic message is printed to stderr for each er-
	    ror encountered.

AUTHOR
     Wayne Marshall, http://b0llix.net/perp/

SEE ALSO
     perp_intro(8), perpboot(8), perpd(8), perpetrate(5), perphup(8), perpls(8),
     perpok(8), perpstat(8), sissylog(8), tinylog(8)

perp-2.07			  January 2013			      perpctl(8)

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