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diff --git a/doc/s6-rc.html b/doc/s6-rc.html index a7eb9d9..bb16113 100644 --- a/doc/s6-rc.html +++ b/doc/s6-rc.html @@ -244,6 +244,27 @@ below. It will run the engine to start a set of services. below. It will run the engine to stop a set of services. </p> +<h3> s6-rc reload </h3> + +<p> + <tt>s6-rc reload</tt> sends a "reload" command to the list of services +given on the command line, which must all be up. For a longrun, +<tt>s6-rc reload</tt> sends an <a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-svc.html">s6-svc -l</a> +command to the service, which causes it to receive a SIGHUP, or any +overriding signal configured in the <tt>reload-signal</tt> file. +For a oneshot, the service's <tt>up</tt> script is executed, with +an additional <tt>RC_RELOAD</tt> environment variable containing 1. +</p> + +<p> + <tt>s6-rc reload</tt> is special in that it does not use the live state +at all (except to verify that the services the user wants to reload are +indeed up) and does not involve the dependency engine. It only operates on +the services given as arguments on the command line. It is implemented at +the s6-rc level because it is sometimes useful to ask for a <em>oneshot</em> +to be reloaded. +</p> + <h3> s6-rc change </h3> <p> |