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1.6 KiB
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98 lines
1.6 KiB
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.Dd August 13, 2020
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.Dt SPAWN 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm spawn
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.Nd spawnd control
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.
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl c Ar control
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.Cm start|stop|restart|status Ns | Ns Ar signal
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.Ar service ...
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.
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility controls
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the services managed by the
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.Xr spawnd 8
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daemon.
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It does so by writing
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the remainder of its command line
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to a named pipe.
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.
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.Pp
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Communication with
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.Xr spawnd 8
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is unidirectional.
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The daemon logs any feedback
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with syslog.
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.
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.Pp
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The arguments are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl c Ar control
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Set the path of the named pipe.
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.
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.It Cm start
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Start any matching services
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which are not already started.
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.
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.It Cm stop
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Stop any matching services
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which are not already stopped.
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Processes are stopped using the
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.Dv TERM
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signal.
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.
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.It Cm restart
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Restart any matching services.
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Started services will first be stopped,
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then stopped services will be started.
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.
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.It Cm status
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Log the current status of any matching services.
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.
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.It Ar signal
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Send the named signal
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to the processes of any matching started services.
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.It Ar service ...
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The list of services to operate on.
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Service names can include
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the shell-style pattern operators
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.Sy *?[] .
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Be sure to quote service name patterns
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so they are not interpreted by the shell.
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.El
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Ev SPAWND_PIPE
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The path of the named pipe.
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The
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.Fl c
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flag overrides this variable.
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Pa /var/run/spawnd.pipe
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The default path of the named pipe.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bd -literal
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spawn start pounce/freenode
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spawn status '*'
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spawn USR1 'pounce/*'
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.Ed
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.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr spawnd 8
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.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An June Bug Aq Mt june@causal.agency
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