service(8)service(8)NAMEservice - run a System V init script
SYNOPSISservice SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]
service--status-all
service--help | -h | --version
DESCRIPTIONservice runs a System V init script in as predictable an environment as
possible, removing most environment variables and with the current
working directory set to /.
The SCRIPT parameter specifies a System V init script, located in
/etc/init.d/SCRIPT. The supported values of COMMAND depend on the
invoked script. service passes COMMAND and OPTIONS to the init script
unmodified. All scripts should support at least the start and stop
commands. As a special case, if COMMAND is --full-restart, the script
is run twice, first with the stop command, then with the start command.
service--status-all runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with
the status command.
EXIT CODESservice calls the init script and returns the status returned by it.
FILES
/etc/init.d
The directory containing System V init scripts.
ENVIRONMENT
LANG, TERM
The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.
SEE ALSO
/etc/init.d/skeleton,
update-rc.d(8),
init(8),
invoke-rc.d(8).
Jan 2006 service(8)