Provided by: runit_1.6.0-1_i386 bug
 

NAME

        runsvdir - starts and monitors a collection of runsv(8) processes
 

SYNOPSIS

        runsvdir [-P] dir [ log ]
 

DESCRIPTION

        dir  must  be  a  directory.  log is a space holder for a readproctitle
        log, and must be at least seven characters long or absent.
 
        runsvdir starts a runsv(8) process for each subdirectory, or symlink to
        a  directory, in the services directory dir, up to a limit of 1000 sub‐
        directories,  and  restarts  a  runsv(8)  process  if  it   terminates.
        runsvdir skips subdirectory names starting with dots.  runsv(8) must be
        in runsvdir’s PATH.
 
        At least every five seconds runsvdir checks whether the  time  of  last
        modification,  the  inode, or the device, of the services directory dir
        has changed.  If so, it re-scans the service directory, and if it  sees
        a  new subdirectory, or new symlink to a directory, in dir, it starts a
        new runsv(8) process; if runsvdir sees  a  subdirectory  being  removed
        that  was previously there, it sends the corresponding runsv(8) process
        a TERM signal, stops monitoring this process, and so does  not  restart
        the runsv(8) process if it exits.
 
        If  the log argument is given to runsvdir, all output to standard error
        is redirected to this log, which is similar to the  daemontools’  read     
        proctitle  log.   To see the most recent error messages, use a process-
        listing tool such as ps(1).  runsvdir writes a dot to the readproctitle
        log every 15 minutes so that old error messages expire.
 

OPTIONS

        -P     use  setsid(2) to run each runsv(8) process in a new session and
               separate process group.
 

SIGNALS

        If runsvdir receives a TERM signal, it exits with 0 immediately.
 
        If runsvdir receives a HUP signal, it  sends  a  TERM  signal  to  each
        runsv(8) process it is monitoring and then exits with 111.
        sv(8),  runsv(8),  runsvchdir(8),  runit(8),  runit-init(8),  chpst(8),
        svlogd(8), utmpset(8), setsid(2)
 
        http://smarden.org/runit/
 

AUTHOR

        Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
 
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