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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd November 9, 2021
28.Dt SERVICE 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm service
32.Nd "control (start/stop/etc.) or list system services"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Op Fl j Ar jail
36.Fl e
37.Nm
38.Op Fl j Ar jail
39.Fl R
40.Nm
41.Op Fl j Ar jail
42.Op Fl v
43.Fl l
44.Nm
45.Op Fl j Ar jail
46.Op Fl v
47.Fl r
48.Nm
49.Op Fl j Ar jail
50.Op Fl v
51.Ar script
52.Ar command
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56command is an easy interface to the rc.d system.
57Its primary purpose is to start and stop services provided
58by the rc.d scripts.
59When used for this purpose it will set the same restricted
60environment that is in use at boot time
61.Po
62see
63.Sx ENVIRONMENT
64.Pc .
65It can also be used to list
66the scripts using various criteria.
67.Pp
68The options are as follows:
69.Bl -tag -width F1
70.It Fl e
71List services that are enabled.
72The list of scripts to check is compiled using
73.Xr rcorder 8
74the same way that it is done in
75.Xr rc 8 ,
76then that list of scripts is checked for an
77.Qq rcvar
78assignment.
79If present the script is checked to see if it is enabled.
80.It Fl j Ar jail
81Perform the given actions under the named jail.
82The
83.Ar jail
84argument can be either a jail ID or a jail name.
85.It Fl l
86List all files in
87.Pa /etc/rc.d
88and the local startup directories.
89As described in
90.Xr rc.conf 5
91this is usually
92.Pa /usr/local/etc/rc.d .
93All files will be listed whether they are an actual
94rc.d script or not.
95.It Fl R
96Restart all enabled local services.
97.It Fl r
98Generate the
99.Xr rcorder 8
100as in
101.Fl e
102above, but list all of the files, not just what is enabled.
103.It Fl v
104Be slightly more verbose.
105.El
106.Sh ENVIRONMENT
107When used to run rc.d scripts the
108.Nm
109command sets
110.Ev HOME
111to
112.Pa /
113and
114.Ev PATH
115to
116.Pa /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
117which is how they are set in
118.Pa /etc/rc
119at boot time.
120.Sh EXIT STATUS
121.Ex -std
122.Sh EXAMPLES
123The following are examples of typical usage of the
124.Nm
125command:
126.Bd -literal -offset -ident
127service named status
128service -j dns named status
129service -rv
130.Ed
131.Pp
132The following programmable completion entry can be used in
133.Xr csh 1
134for the names and common commands of the rc.d scripts:
135.Bd -literal -offset indent
136complete service 'c/-/(e l r v)/' 'p/1/`service -l`/' \e
137		 'n/*/(start stop reload restart \e
138		 status rcvar onestart onestop)/'
139.Ed
140.Pp
141The following programmable completion entry can be used in
142.Xr bash 1
143for the names of the rc.d scripts:
144.Bd -literal -offset -ident
145_service () {
146	local cur
147	cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
148	COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '$( service -l )' -- $cur ) )
149	return 0
150}
151complete -F _service service
152.Ed
153.Sh SEE ALSO
154.Xr bash 1 Pq Pa ports/shells/bash ,
155.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
156.Xr rc 8 ,
157.Xr rcorder 8
158.Sh HISTORY
159The
160.Nm
161utility first appeared in
162.Fx 7.3 .
163.Sh AUTHORS
164This
165manual page was written by
166.An Douglas Barton Aq Mt dougb@FreeBSD.org .
167