diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/servicedir.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/servicedir.html | 25 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/doc/servicedir.html b/doc/servicedir.html index 4ef16f5..8e3674d 100644 --- a/doc/servicedir.html +++ b/doc/servicedir.html @@ -221,30 +221,6 @@ be very bad.) </li> </ul> </li> - <li style="margin-bottom:1em"> An optional regular file named <tt>pidfile</tt>. -Creating such a file is not recommended, but is a workaround — and <em>only</em> -a workaround — for daemons that background themselves. If this file -exists, it must contain the path (either absolute or relative to the service -directory) to a <em>pid file</em>, followed by a newline; the path must be shorter than -512 bytes. The following behaviour is then expected: - <ul> - <li> On startup, the daemon must fork. </li> - <li> The child then becomes the long-running process. </li> - <li> The parent must write the pid of the child, followed by a newline, to the -<em>pid file</em> whose path is written in the <tt>pidfile</tt> file in the service -directory. For instance, if the daemon writes its pid to <tt>/var/run/foo.pid</tt>, -then you would configure s6-supervise with <code> echo <tt>/var/run/foo.pid</tt> -> pidfile</code>. </li> - <li> After writing the pid file, the parent must exit 0. </li> - <li> If the <tt>notification-fd</tt> file is present in the service directory, -<a href="s6-supervise.html">s6-supervise</a> will report the daemon to be <em>ready</em> -once the parent has exited. </li> - <li> <a href="s6-supervise.html">s6-supervise</a> will then supervise the child -as if it had not forked. </li> - </ul> -If the file does not exist, <a href="s6-supervise.html">s6-supervise</a> only -supervises daemons that do not background themselves, which is the normal case. </li> - <li style="margin-bottom:1em"> A <a href="fifodir.html">fifodir</a> named <tt>event</tt>. It is automatically created by <a href="s6-supervise.html">s6-supervise</a> if it does not exist. <em>foo</em><tt>/event</tt> @@ -257,7 +233,6 @@ and <tt>instances</tt>. Those are internal subdirectories created by directory. Outside of instanced services, these directories should never appear, and you should never create them manually. </li> - <li style="margin-bottom:1em"> An optional service directory named <tt>log</tt>. If it exists and <em>foo</em> is in a <a href="scandir.html">scandir</a>, and <a href="s6-svscan.html">s6-svscan</a> runs on that scandir, then <em>two</em> services are monitored: <em>foo</em> and |