Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Klee points out: > > Scripts that want to be clever about restarting systems should use > > '/etc/init.d/<script> reload || /etc/init.d/<script> restart'. This > > makes script-writing slightly more complicated, but I'd argue that > > this will be a much less common case than the interactive usages. > > However, I think that this functionality could better be put in the > init.d script - adding an additional argument possibility for an > existing case is easy, and the script itself knows whether it can > support reloading with or without disrupting service. > > This means splitting `reload' into two arguments, which in a script > that can do it without disrupting service do the same thing, and which > in other packages either do `restart' or fail. > > I can't think of any very good names for these at the moment, apart > from using adverbs (eg `mustreload' or `mayreload').
The command which reloads or fails should continue to be called reload. The one which does or a reload or restart can be called something else, though I'm also at a loss for a suggestion. Guy
