NAME

       shepherd - Service manager for the GNU system

DESCRIPTION

       shepherd [OPTIONS...]  This is a service manager for Unix and GNU.

       --syslog[=FILE]
              log to the system log (syslog) at FILE or /dev/log

       -s, --socket=FILE
              get commands from socket FILE or from stdin (-)

       -c, --config=FILE
              read configuration from FILE

       --pid[=FILE]
              when ready, write PID to FILE or stdout

       -l, --logfile=FILE
              log actions in FILE

       -I, --insecure
              don't ensure that the setup is secure

       -S, --silent
              don't do output to stdout

       --quiet
              synonym for --silent

       --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 shepherd is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and shepherd programs
       are properly installed at your site, the command

              info shepherd

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU                                                March 2025                                        SHEPHERD(1)