man--service

service(8)                                                          service(8)

NAME
       service - run a System V init script

SYNOPSIS
       service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]

       service --status-all

       service --help | -h | --version

DESCRIPTION
       service  runs a System V init script in as predictable environment as possible, remov-
       ing most environment variables and with current working directory set to /.

       The SCRIPT parameter specifies a System V init script, located in  /etc/init.d/SCRIPT.
       The  supported  values of COMMAND depend on the invoked script, service passes COMMAND
       and OPTIONS it to the init script unmodified.  All scripts should support at least the
       start  and stop commands.  As a special case, if COMMAND is --full-restart, the script
       is run twice, first with the stop command, then with the start command.

       service --status-all runs all init scripts, in alphabetical  order,  with  the  status
       command.

FILES
       /etc/init.d
              The directory containing System V init scripts.

ENVIRONMENT
       LANG, TERM
              The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.

SEE ALSO
       chkconfig(8), ntsysv(8)

                                   Jan 2006                         service(8)
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