On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 02:00:18 +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > I would like a new option to be added to init.d scripts: 'status' > which basicly tells what status is the service currently in > (either running or dead).
This wish combines nicely with the wish that initscripts implement the "try-restart" method. See #243159. > This option is quite handy when you want to determine the system status > (instead of blindly trying 'restart' and see what happens). It is > also useful also to determine if the start-stop-daemon call > succeeded and left a running program. Currently most init.d scripts > will happily start up services which are not correctly configured > and admins will not notice that they didn't start up until they > check the service itself (is it running? what do the logs say?). "/etc/init.d/foo start" should exit with a nonzero status if foo failed to start. Unfortunately this status isn't conveyed to the user, as you say. -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]