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s-s-d now handles interpreted daemons more easily.

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Roy Marples 2008-09-22 09:34:51 +00:00
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man/start-stop-daemon.8
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@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd August 20, 2008
.Dd September 22, 2008
.Dt START-STOP-DAEMON 8 SMM
.Os OpenRC
.Sh NAME
@ -74,16 +74,6 @@ The
we start or stop.
If this option is not specified, then the first non option argument
is used.
If the
.Ar daemon
is a script and you are not using the pidfile or process name options,
then you should replace
.Ar daemon
with the interpreter and pass
.Ar daemon
as an argument. Below is an example:
.Pp
start-stop-daemon perl -- /usr/bin/daemon.pl
.It Fl p , -pidfile Ar pidfile
When starting, we expect the daemon to create a valid
.Ar pidfile
@ -176,6 +166,9 @@ to stop or signal.
.Xr getopt 3 ,
.Xr nice 2 ,
.Xr rc_find_pids 3
.Sh BUGS
.Nm
cannot stop an interperted daemon that no longer exists without a pidfile.
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
first appeared in Debian.