.TH svc 1
.SH NAME
svc \- control a supervised service
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B svc
[
.B \-udorspchaitkx
]
.I dir ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B svc
changes the status of a
.BR supervise -monitored
service.
.I dir
is the same directory
used for
.BR supervise .

You can list several
.IR dir s.
.B svc
will change the status of each service in turn.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 5
.B \-u
Up.
If the service is not running, start it.
If the service stops, restart it.
.TP
.B \-d
Down.
If the service is running, send it a TERM signal and then a CONT signal.
After it stops, do not restart it.
.TP
.B \-o
Once.
If the service is not running, start it.
Do not restart it if it stops.
.TP
.B \-r
Tell
.B supervise
that the service is normally running;
this affects status messages.
.TP
.B \-s
Tell
.B supervise
that the service is normally stopped;
this affects status messages.
.TP
.B \-p
Pause.
Send the service a STOP signal.
.TP
.B \-c
Continue.
Send the service a CONT signal.
.TP
.B \-h
Hangup.
Send the service a HUP signal.
.TP
.B \-a
Alarm.
Send the service an ALRM signal.
.TP
.B \-i
Interrupt.
Send the service an INT signal.
.TP
.B \-t
Terminate.
Send the service a TERM signal.
.TP
.B \-k
Kill.
Send the service a KILL signal.
.TP
.B \-x
Exit.
.B supervise
will quit as soon as the service is down.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
supervise(1)