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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man8/rc.subr.8')
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diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 index 958bd0e1338f..10fb5338ac9f 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 @@ -95,8 +95,10 @@ The functions were mostly imported from .Nx and it is intended that they remain synced between the -two projects. With that in mind there are several variable -definitions that can help in this regard. They are: +two projects. +With that in mind there are several variable +definitions that can help in this regard. +They are: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Ic OSTYPE Its value will be either @@ -251,7 +253,8 @@ followed by and then .Ar message . This function is intended to be used by developers -as an aid to debugging scripts. It can be turned on or off +as an aid to debugging scripts. +It can be turned on or off by the .Xr rc.conf 5 variable @@ -276,14 +279,16 @@ and then .It Ic force_depend name Output an advisory message and force the .Ar name -service to start. The +service to start. +The .Ar name argument is the .Xr basename 1 , component of the path to the script, usually .Em /etc/rc.d/name . If the script fails for any reason it will output a warning -and return with a return value of 1. If it was successful +and return with a return value of 1. +If it was successful it will return 0. .It Ic info Ar message Display an informational message to @@ -727,7 +732,8 @@ otherwise source into the current shell. .El .It Ic set_rcvar Op Ar base -Set the variable name required to start a service. In +Set the variable name required to start a service. +In .Fx a daemon is usually controlled by an .Xr rc.conf 5 @@ -743,7 +749,8 @@ This function will use the value of the .Sy $name variable, which should be defined by the calling script, to construct the appropriate .Xr rc.conf 5 -knob. If the +knob. +If the .Ar base argument is set it will use .Ar base |