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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-02-27 04:19:44 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-02-27 04:19:44 +0000
commitb2c0c791aceb998f9e6dde0cdc5ed9c0d58285bf (patch)
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parent1119b66fea083ff67adbd222f13104a775fe2620 (diff)
Fixed the layout
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@@ -67,17 +67,36 @@ the stop argument. When a S link is encountered, the appropriate script
is run with the start argument.
</para>
-<literallayout>
+<para>
These are descriptions of what the arguments make the scripts do:
+</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+
+<listitem><para>
<emphasis>start</emphasis>: The service is started.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
<emphasis>stop</emphasis>: The service is stopped.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
<emphasis>restart</emphasis>: The service is stopped and then started again.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
<emphasis>reload</emphasis>: The configuration of the service is updated.
Use this after you have modified the configuration file of a service, when
you don't need/want to restart the service.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
<emphasis>status</emphasis>: Tells you if the service is running and with
-which PID's
-</literallayout>
+which PID's.
+</para></listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
<para>
Feel free to modify the way the boot process works (after all it's your