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diff --git a/man/supervise-daemon.8 b/man/supervise-daemon.8 index 789c6867..33b3228c 100644 --- a/man/supervise-daemon.8 +++ b/man/supervise-daemon.8 @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ .Nd starts a daemon and restarts it if it crashes .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm +servicename .Fl a , -healthcheck-timer .Ar seconds .Fl A , -healthcheck-delay @@ -53,11 +54,13 @@ .Op Fl - .Op Ar arguments .Nm +servicename .Fl K , -stop .Ar daemon .Fl r , -chroot .Ar chrootpath .Nm +servicename .Fl s , -signal .Ar signal .Fl r , -chroot @@ -67,6 +70,8 @@ provides a consistent method of starting, stopping and restarting daemons. If .Fl K , -stop +or +.Fl s , -signal is not provided, then we assume we are starting the daemon. .Nm only works with daemons which do not fork. If your daemon has options to @@ -128,6 +133,10 @@ If this option is not given, the default is SIGTERM/5. .It Fl r , -chroot Ar path chroot to this directory before starting the daemon. All other paths, such as the path to the daemon and chdir should be relative to the chroot. +.It Fl , -signal Ar signal +Instruct a supervisor to signal the process it is supervising. The +process to communicate with is determined by the name of the service +taken from the RC_SVCNAME environment variable. .It Fl u , -user Ar user Start the daemon as the specified user. .It Fl 1 , -stdout Ar logfile @@ -161,6 +170,11 @@ make sure the settings mmake sense. For example, a respawn period of 5 seconds with a respawn max of 10 and a respawn delay of 1 second leads to infinite respawning since there can never be 10 respawns within 5 seconds. +.Sh NOTE +Invoking supervise-daemon requires both the RC_SVCNAME environment +variable to be set and the name of the service as the first argument on +the command line, so it is best to invoke it inside a service script +rather than manually. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chdir 2 , .Xr chroot 2 , |