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32 .Nd "control (start/stop/etc.) or list system services"
43 .Ar <rc.d script> start|stop|etc.
47 command is an easy interface to the rc.d system.
48 Its primary purpose is to start and stop services provided
50 When used for this purpose it will set the same restricted
51 environment that is in use at boot time (see below).
52 It can also be used to list
53 the scripts using various criteria.
55 The options are as follows:
58 List services that are enabled.
59 The list of scripts to check is compiled using
61 the same way that it is done in
63 then that list of scripts is checked for an
66 If present the script is checked to see if it is enabled.
68 Restart all enabled local services.
72 and the local startup directories.
76 .Pa /usr/local/etc/rc.d .
77 All files will be listed whether they are an actual
84 above, but list all of the files, not just what is enabled.
86 Be slightly more verbose
89 When used to run rc.d scripts the
98 .Pa /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
99 which is how they are set in
105 The following are examples of typical usage of the
109 .Dl "service named status"
112 The following programmable completion entry can be use in
114 for the names of the rc.d scripts:
117 .Dl " cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
118 .Dl " COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '$( service -l )' -- $cur ) )"
121 .Dl "complete -F _service service"
123 .Xr bash 1 Pq Pa ports/shells/bash ,
130 utility first appeared in
134 manual page was written by
135 .An Douglas Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> .