Bdale: > I would like to propose that all scripts placed in /etc/init.d should > be required to support at least the four arguments > 'start|stop|reload|restart'. In cases where there is currently no > 'restart', it could easily be formed as the sequence of actions to > perform a stop followed by a start. In cases where there is no > 'reload' and the daemon(s) in question can't do on-the-fly reloading > of config files, the 'reload' token would degenerate to an alias for > 'restart'.
I agree, FWIW. Does anyone have any counterarguments ? I think that the scheme above will make it easier to do automatic reloading of package configurations, &c., as well as making life easier for the sysadmin. Ian.
