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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 an environment as
       possible, removing most environment  variables  and  with  the  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 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.

EXIT CODES
       service calls the init script and returns the status returned by it.

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
       /etc/init.d/skeleton,
       update-rc.d(8),
       init(8),
       invoke-rc.d(8).

				   Jan 2006			    service(8)

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