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, removing 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)