[arch-general] Tool to stop and start services? (Don't Panic)

[Thayer Williams]

On 5/22/08, Travis Willard <travis at archlinux.org> wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Nigel Henry
>  <cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
>  > On my Fedora installs there is a GUI for stopping and starting services, and
>  > also the option of using chkconfig on the CLI. On my Debian installs, I
>  > installed sysv-rc-conf, which runs on the CLI, and allows you to stop and
>  > start services.
>  >
>  > Is there anything similar that I could use on my Archlinux install?
>  >
>  > Thanks for any help.
>
>
> I can't recall any such tool offhand, though the discussion certainly
>  has come up before.  What's wrong with /etc/rc.d/service stop and
>  /etc/rc.d/service start?

I would have to side with Travis here. In case it's just too much
hassle to type, you can always add some bash functions to make it even
simpler.  Here's what I've got in ~/.bashrc (it's based off someone
else's example from the forums...):

# start, stop, restart, reload - simple daemon management
# usage: start <daemon-name>
start()
{
  for arg in $*; do
    sudo /etc/rc.d/$arg start
  done
}
stop()
{
  for arg in $*; do
    sudo /etc/rc.d/$arg stop
  done
}
restart()
{
  for arg in $*; do
    sudo /etc/rc.d/$arg restart
  done
}
reload() {
  for arg in $*; do
    sudo /etc/rc.d/$arg reload
  done
}