service

service

---

 service --list service { --test-if-available  --test-if-configured-on }   service   service   service   { start  stop } 

Description

A shell script used to list, start, and stop network services. service is primarily an interface to services managed by xinetd , but it also includes support for Postfix (with a service name of smtp ) and for receipt of faxes ( fax-receive ) on Panther.

Options/Usage

--list

Prints a list of services available for management to standard output.

--test-if-available

Returns 0 if the specified service is available on the system; 1 if not.

--test-if-configured-on

Returns 0 if the specified service is currently configured to run; 1 if not.

Location

/sbin