1service(8)                  System Manager's Manual                 service(8)
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NAME

6       service - run a System V init script
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SYNOPSIS

10       service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]
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14       service --help | -h | --version
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DESCRIPTION

18       service  runs  a  System V init script in as predictable environment as
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22       The  SCRIPT  parameter  specifies  a  System  V init script, located in
23       /etc/init.d/SCRIPT.  The supported values  of  COMMAND  depend  on  the
24       invoked  script,  service  passes  COMMAND  and  OPTIONS it to the init
25       script unmodified.  All scripts should support at least the  start  and
26       stop  commands.   As  a special case, if COMMAND is --full-restart, the
27       script is run twice, first with the stop command, then with  the  start
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30       service --status-all runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with
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34       actions.   If  there  is no suitable legacy action found and COMMAND is
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36       to the systemctl.  Otherwise the command fails with return code 2.
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FILES

40       /etc/init.d
41              The directory containing System V init scripts.
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ENVIRONMENT

45       PATH, TERM
46              The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.
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SEE ALSO

50       chkconfig(8), ntsysv(8), systemd(1), systemctl(8), systemd.service(5)
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54                                   Jan 2006                         service(8)
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