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.\" Author: Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com>

.TH service 8 "Jan 2006"

.SH NAME

service \- run a System V init script

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBservice\fR \fISCRIPT\fR \fICOMMAND\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR]

\fBservice \-\-status\-all\fR

\fBservice\fR \fB\-\-help\fR | \fB\-h\fR | \fB\-\-version\fR

.SH DESCRIPTION

.B service

runs a System V init script in as predictable environment as possible,

removing most environment variables

and with current working directory set to \fB/\fR.

The

.I SCRIPT

parameter specifies a System V init script,

located in \fB/etc/init.d/\fISCRIPT\fR.

The supported values of

.I COMMAND

depend on the invoked script,

.B service

passes

.I COMMAND

and

.I OPTIONS

it to the init script unmodified.

All scripts should support at least the

.B start

and

.B stop

commands.

As a special case, if

.I COMMAND

is \fB\-\-full-restart\fR, the script is run twice, first with the

.B stop

command, then with the

.B start

command.

.B service \-\-status\-all

runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with the

.B status

command.

If the init script file does not exist, the script tries to use

.B legacy actions.

If there is no suitable legacy action found and

.I COMMAND

is one of actions specified in LSB Core Specification, input is redirected to the

.B systemctl.

Otherwise the command fails with return code 2.

.SH FILES

.TP

\fB/etc/init.d\fR

The directory containing System V init scripts.

.SH ENVIRONMENT

.TP

\fBLANG\fR, \fBTERM\fR

The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.

.SH SEE ALSO

.BR chkconfig (8),

.BR ntsysv(8),

.BR systemd (1),

.BR systemctl (8),

.BR systemd.service (5)