LinuxCommandLibrary

rc-service

Locate and run OpenRC services with arguments.

TLDR

Show a service's status

$ rc-service [service_name] status
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Start a service
$ sudo rc-service [service_name] start
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Stop a service
$ sudo rc-service [service_name] stop
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Restart a service
$ sudo rc-service [service_name] restart
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Simulate running a service's custom command
$ sudo rc-service --dry-run [service_name] [command_name]
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Actually run a service's custom command
$ sudo rc-service [service_name] [command_name]
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Resolve the location of a service definition on disk
$ sudo rc-service --resolve [service_name]
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