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| author | Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> | 2002-09-26 11:12:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> | 2002-09-26 11:12:56 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/runsv.8.html b/doc/runsv.8.html index e565ec7..bdce755 100644 --- a/doc/runsv.8.html +++ b/doc/runsv.8.html @@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ and <I>service</I>/finish's standard output to the pipe, switches to the directo the <I>service</I> directory. The standard input of the log service a redirected to read from the pipe. <P> <B>runsv</B> maintains status information in a binary format -compatible to <B><I>supervise</B>(8)</I> in <I>service</I>/supervise/status ( and <I>service</I>/log/supervise/status), -and in a human readable format in <I>service</I>/supervise/stat ( and <I>service</I>/log/supervise/stat). - +compatible to <B><I>supervise</B>(8)</I> in <I>service</I>/supervise/status and <I>service</I>/log/supervise/status, +and in a human-readable format in <I>service</I>/supervise/stat, <I>service</I>/log/supervise/stat, +<I>service</I>/supervise/pid, <I>service</I>/log/supervise/pid. <H2><A NAME="sect3">Control</A></H2> -The named pipe <I>service</I>/supervise/control (and <I>service</I>/log/supervise/control) -is provided to give commands to <B>runsv</B>. You can use <B><I>svc</B>(8)</I> to control the +The named pipes +<I>service</I>/supervise/control, and (optionally) <I>service</I>/log/supervise/control +are provided to give commands to <B>runsv</B>. You can use <B><I>svc</B>(8)</I> to control the service or just write one of the following characters to the named pipe: <DL> @@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ example, to send a TERM signal to /service/socklog-unix, either do # svc # echo -n t >/service/socklog-unix/supervise/control<BR> <P> If <B><I>echo</B>(1)</I> on your systems does not provide the -n option, leave it out, -<B>runsv</B> ignores unknown characters written to the control pipe. +<B>runsv</B> ignores unknown characters written to the control pipe. <B><I>echo</B>(1)</I> usally +blocks if no <B>runsv</B> process is running in the service directory. <H2><A NAME="sect4">Signals</A></H2> If <B>runsv</B> receives a TERM signal, it acts as if the character x was written |