Re: [arch-general] manage starting and stopping processes with less typing

13 Apr 2010


      On Wednesday 14 Apr 2010 12:52:43 am David C. Rankin wrote:
...
Guys,
One thing I miss with Arch are init-script shortcuts for starting and
stopping processes. rc-commands really help cut down on typing. For
example, all suse did was to create links to the files in /etc/rc.d/...
with a naming convention of rc<init script name>. So, for example, instead
of having to type:
I wrote a similar bash function, which I placed my ~/.bashrc. Sharing it here:

start()
{
  for arg in $*; do
    sudo /etc/rc.d/$arg start
  done
} 
restart()
{
  for arg in $*; do
    sudo /etc/rc.d/$arg restart
  done
} 
stop()
{
  for arg in $*; do
    sudo /etc/rc.d/$arg stop
  done
}
status()
{
        for arg in $*; do
                sudo /etc/rc.d/$arg status
        done
}
log()
{
        for arg in $*; do
                sudo less /var/log/$arg
        done
}

It works as
$ start <insert service name>
$ restart <insert service name>
$ status <insert service name>

Hope it helps
-- 
Regards,
Gaurish Sharma
www.gaurishsharma.com