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Jorrit Herder 2005-10-20 20:19:25 +00:00
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man/man8/service.8
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@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ service \- Start or stop an operating system server or device driver.
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\fBservice down\fR \fI<pid>\fR
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\fBservice refresh\fR \fI<pid>\fR
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\fBservice shutdown\fR
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@ -36,7 +38,8 @@ appended with 'HZ' to make it seconds.
Stopping a system service requires the process id of a running system service.
Issuing a kill command from the shell will not work, since the reincarnation
server interprets this as an unexpected exit and will automatically restart
a fresh copy of the process.
a fresh copy of the process. The clean way to restart a process is using the
'refresh' option of the service utility.
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If the system is to be shutdown, the reincarnation server should know about this event to prevent it from restarting services that are killed during the shutdown
sequence.