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rc-service

Locate and run OpenRC services with arguments. See also openrc. More information: https://manned.org/rc-service.

  • Show a service's status:

rc-service {{service_name}} status

  • Start a service:

sudo rc-service {{service_name}} start

  • Stop a service:

sudo rc-service {{service_name}} stop

  • Restart a service:

sudo rc-service {{service_name}} restart

  • Simulate running a service's custom command:

sudo rc-service --dry-run {{service_name}} {{command_name}}

  • Actually run a service's custom command:

sudo rc-service {{service_name}} {{command_name}}

  • Resolve the location of a service definition on disk:

sudo rc-service --resolve {{service_name}}