Re: Random thoughts. (Was Stuff)

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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.

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  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx


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