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NAME
service - run a System V init script

SYNOPSIS
service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]

service --status-all

service --help | -h | --version

DESCRIPTION
service runs a System V init script or systemd unit in as predictable an environment as
possible, removing most environment variables and with the current working directory set
to /.

The SCRIPT parameter specifies a System V init script, located in /etc/init.d/SCRIPT, or
the name of a systemd unit. The existence of a systemd unit of the same name as a script
in /etc/init.d will cause the unit to take precedence over the init.d script. The sup-
ported values of COMMAND depend on the invoked script. service passes COMMAND and OPTIONS
to the init script unmodified. For systemd units, start, stop, status, and reload are
passed through to their systemctl/initctl equivalents.

All scripts should support at least the start and stop commands. As a special case, if
COMMAND is --full-restart, the script is run twice, first with the stop command, then with
the start command. Note, that unlike update-rc.d(8), service does not check /usr/sbin/pol-
icy-rc.d.

service --status-all runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with the status com-
mand. The status is [ + ] for running services, [ - ] for stopped services and [ ? ] for
services without a status command. This option only calls status for sysvinit jobs.

EXIT CODES
service calls the init script and returns the status returned by it.

FILES
/etc/init.d
The directory containing System V init scripts.

/{lib,run,etc}/systemd/system
The directories containing systemd units.

ENVIRONMENT
LANG, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY, LC_MESSAGES,
LC_PAPER, LC_NAME, LC_ADDRESS, LC_TELEPHONE, LC_MEASUREMENT, LC_IDENTIFICATION, LC_ALL,
TERM, PATH
The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.

SEE ALSO
/etc/init.d/skeleton
update-rc.d(8)
init(8)
invoke-rc.d(8)
systemctl(1)

AUTHOR
Miloslav Trmac <mitr AT redhat.com>, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere AT hungry.com>

License: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)

Jan 2006 SERVICE(8)

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