On 24-Mar-00, 01:13 (CST), Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't this work just as well? > > /etc/init.d/daemon stop && /etc/init.d/daemon start > > IIRC, the former will exit with a nonzero status if there is nothing to > kill. (Of course, for this to work, people need to be careful when using > the --oknodo option to start-stop-daemon, or the exit status from that > command won't be useful.)
I doubt very much this is practical at present. The policy manual (section 3.3.2) says nothing about exit codes, and I'd guess most people have used --oknodo to avoid unpleasant/spurious message. The only comment in the policy manual is that scripts should "behave sensibly" when starting (stopping) an already running (stopped) daemon. I and perhaps many others interpeted this as "pretend it worked" -- no warning message, no exit code. If you want to do this, you need to change (or clarify) policy, and get all the maintainers to change their scripts. Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)
