Robert P. J. Day wrote:
You can get a list of the supported commands by using an invalid option. I like "service <name> help" as in: # service smb help Usage: /etc/init.d/smb {start|stop|restart|reload|status|condrestart}or you could just leave the option out entirely, to get exactly the same result: # service smb Usage: /etc/init.d/smb {start|stop|restart|reload|status|condrestart} heh. top *that*. rday p.s. i am a little annoyed that the usage message doesn't reflect how you invoked that feature, instead referring to "/etc/init.d/smb". that's bound to confuse a few people who will have no idea what it's referring to.
The script just reports how it was invoked (i.e. $0). Programs usually don't know about parent wrappers or what human command actually set things in motion. And that's normally a good thing. You want each component to work the same way every time regardless of circumstances.
-- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
