NAME

       herd - Control the shepherd(1) service manager

DESCRIPTION

       herd  [OPTIONS...]  ACTION SERVICE [ARG...]  Apply ACTION (start, stop, status, etc.) on SERVICE with the
       ARGs.

       --group=GROUP
              run the given program as GROUP

       --user=USER
              run the given program as USER

       -E, --environment-variable=ENVIRONMENT
              pass the environment variable specified by ENVIRONMENT

       -d, --working-directory=DIRECTORY
              run service from DIRECTORY (for transient services)

       --log-file=FILE
              log service output to FILE

       -N, --service-name=NAME
              register new service under NAME

       -n, --log-history=NUMBER
              display up to NUMBER service log lines

       -s, --socket=FILE
              send commands to FILE

       --help display this help and exit

       --usage
              display short usage message and exit

       --version
              display version information and exit

       Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional to the corresponding short
       options.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to: bug-guix@gnu.org .
       GNU Shepherd general home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/>
       General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©   2025   the   Shepherd   authors   License   GPLv3+:   GNU   GPL   version   3   or   later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
       permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for herd is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info  and  herd  programs  are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info shepherd

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU                                                March 2025                                            HERD(1)