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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.

.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)