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32 .Nd "control (start/stop/etc.) or list system services"
57 command is an easy interface to the rc.d system.
58 Its primary purpose is to start and stop services provided
60 When used for this purpose it will set the same restricted
61 environment that is in use at boot time
66 It can also be used to list
67 the scripts using various criteria.
69 The options are as follows:
72 Set the environment variable
76 before starting the script.
77 This option can be used multiple times.
79 List services that are enabled.
80 The list of scripts to check is compiled using
82 the same way that it is done in
84 then that list of scripts is checked for an
87 If present the script is checked to see if it is enabled.
89 Perform the given actions under the named jail.
92 argument can be either a jail ID or a jail name.
96 and the local startup directories.
100 .Pa /usr/local/etc/rc.d .
101 All files will be listed whether they are an actual
104 Restart all enabled local services.
110 above, but list all of the files, not just what is enabled.
112 Be slightly more verbose.
115 When used to run rc.d scripts the
124 .Pa /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
125 which is how they are set in
130 option is used, the corresponding variable is set accordingly.
134 The following are examples of typical usage of the
137 .Bd -literal -offset -ident
139 service -j dns named status
140 service -E LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 named start
144 The following programmable completion entry can be used in
146 for the names and common commands of the rc.d scripts:
147 .Bd -literal -offset indent
148 complete service 'c/-/(e l r v)/' 'p/1/`service -l`/' \e
149 'n/*/(start stop reload restart \e
150 status rcvar onestart onestop)/'
153 The following programmable completion entry can be used in
155 for the names of the rc.d scripts:
156 .Bd -literal -offset -ident
159 cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
160 COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '$( service -l )' -- $cur ) )
163 complete -F _service service
166 .Xr bash 1 Pq Pa ports/shells/bash ,
173 utility first appeared in
177 manual page was written by
178 .An Douglas Barton Aq Mt dougb@FreeBSD.org .