START-STOP-DAEMON(N)     Debian GNU/Linux    START-STOP-DAEMON(N)




       start-stop-daemon -


       start-stop-daemon -S|--start options [--] arguments

       start-stop-daemon -K|--stop options

       start-stop-daemon -H|--help

       start-stop-daemon -V|--version


       start-stop-daemon  --exec,  --pidfile,  --user, and --name
       options,

       --start start-stop-daemon start-stop-daemon  1 (  --oknodo
       0 ) --exec ( --startas ) -- --retry start-stop-daemon

       --stop  start-stop-daemon  start-stop-daemon  --signal   0
       start-stop-daemon  1 ( --oknodo  0 )



       -x|--exec executable
              ( /proc/ pid /exe ) executable

       -p|--pidfile pid-file
              pid-file ID

       -u|--user username|uid
              username uid

       -n|--name process-name
              ( /proc/ pid /stat ) process-name

       -s|--signal signal
              --stop ( 15)

       -R|--retry timeout|schedule
               --stop start-stop-daemon schedule timeout schedule
              signal/timeout/KILL/timeout signal --signal

              schedule (/) 2 -signal-number  [-]signal-name time-
              out forever schedule

               schedule  forever  start-stop-daemon   2  schedule
              --signal --start pathname --exec

       -t|--test


       -o|--oknodo
              ()  1  0

       -q|--quiet


       -c|--chuid username|uid
              / ID ':'  ID  `chown'  (user:group) --group --group
              ( nobody )

       -r|--chroot root
               root  chdir  chroot pidfile  chroot

       -b|--background
               start-stop-daemon  fork : start-stop-daemon   fork
              fork

       -N|--nicelevel


       -m|--make-pidfile
                PID  start-stop-daemon  --pidfile :  fork --back-
              ground

       -v|--verbose


       -H|--help


       -v|--verbose




       Marek  Michalkiewicz   <marekm@i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl>
       Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

        Klee Dienes <klee@mit.edu>  Ian Jackson



         <nabe@debian.or.jp>



Debian Project           15th March 1997     START-STOP-DAEMON(N)