rc-service

Locate and run OpenRC services with arguments. See also openrc. More information: https://manned.org/rc-service.

• Show a service’s status:

rc-service service_name status

• Start a service:

sudo rc-service service_name start

• Stop a service:

sudo rc-service service_name stop

• Restart a service:

sudo rc-service service_name restart

• Simulate running a service’s custom command:

sudo rc-service --dry-run service_name command_name

• Actually run a service’s custom command:

sudo rc-service service_name command_name

• Resolve the location of a service definition on disk:

sudo rc-service --resolve service_name