On Jan 1, 2015 10:27 PM, "Rob Landley" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 01/01/2015 12:03 PM, stephen Turner wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 1, 2015 12:02 PM, "Rob Landley" <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 01/01/15 08:35, stephen Turner wrote:
> >> > while doing some searches on scripting i was reminded about "service"
> >> > and noticed it wasn't in toybox. Is this a oversight or not in
intended
> >> > feature/possible post 1.0.
> >>
> >> $ man service
> >>
> >> NAME
> >>        service - run a System V init script
> >>
> >> ...
> >> DESCRIPTION
> >>        service  runs  a  System V init script or upstart job in as
> > predictable
> >>        environment as possible, removing most environment variables
> > and  with
> >>        current working directory set to /.
> >>
> >> You mean that?
> >>
> >> Rob
> >
> > Yea that would be it. I havent grabbed the latest toybox so I wouldnt
> > know if its already in it but a quich check of the website didnt have it
> > listed. If its not a planned feature thats fine just wanted to know what
> > the plan was for it.
>
> Didn't have a plan. First I've noticed it, really. I take it that's a
> thing you need? (Is there any sort of standard for it? It sounds like
> it's basically a shell script built around env -i...)
>
> Ah, the ubuntu version _is_ a shell script built around env -i, the
> heart of which is:
>
>   cd /
>   exec env -i LANG="$LANG" PATH="$PATH" TERM="$TERM" \
>     "$SERVICEDIR/$SERVICE" ${ACTION} ${OPTIONS}
>
> Rob

Yea, this is probobly one of those things best left to the individual to
supply im guessing. Short of people running a full system I dont imagine
there will be as much need for starting and stoping daemons.

Addmittently I asked before thinking with this one.
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