catsit/catsit.8

.Dd August 15, 2020
.Dt CATSIT 8
.Os
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.Sh NAME
.Nm catsit
.Nd catsitd control
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl c Ar control
.Cm start|stop|restart|status Ns | Ns Ar signal
.Ar service ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility controls
the services managed by the
.Xr catsitd 8
daemon.
It does so by writing
the remainder of its command line
to a named pipe.
.
.Pp
Communication with
.Xr catsitd 8
is unidirectional.
The daemon logs any feedback
with syslog.
.
.Pp
The arguments are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl c Ar control
Set the path of the named pipe.
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.It Cm start
Start any matching services
which are not already started.
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.It Cm stop
Stop any matching services
which are not already stopped.
Processes are stopped using the
.Dv TERM
signal.
.
.It Cm restart
Restart any matching services.
Started services will first be stopped,
then stopped services will be started.
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.It Cm status
Log the current status of any matching services.
.
.It Ar signal
Send the named signal
to the processes of any matching started services.
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.It Ar service ...
The list of services to operate on.
Service names can include
the shell-style pattern operators
.Sy *?[] .
Be sure to quote service name patterns
so they are not interpreted by the shell.
.El
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ev CATSITD_PIPE
The path of the named pipe.
The
.Fl c
flag overrides this variable.
.El
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.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Pa /var/run/catsitd.pipe
The default path of the named pipe.
.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal
catsit start pounce/freenode
catsit status '*'
catsit USR1 'pounce/*'
.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr catsitd 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
.An June Bug Aq Mt june@causal.agency