01-31-2013
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Originally Posted by
achenle
Just write an init script. It's simple, understandable, and even more important easily maintainable for someone in the future.
SMF services are none of that.
SMF services are great when you have complex dependencies between various services and events. But just because you have a hammer doesn't make every problem a nail.
Sun and now Oracle have insisted that init scripts are "legacy" and will be removed in a later Solaris release. Also, they no longer guarantee the order in which they'll be started or stopped, as the init scripts are themselves executed by an SMF service.
So - you should be using SMF, even for simple things. It's the way Solaris has evolved and is evolving. It's not hard to write an SMF manifest for a simple service once you've read the documentation.
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
service
service(8) System Manager's Manual service(8)
NAME
service - run a System V init script
SYNOPSIS
service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]
service --status-all
service --help | -h | --version
DESCRIPTION
service runs a System V init script in as predictable environment as possible, removing most environment variables and with current working
directory set to /.
The SCRIPT parameter specifies a System V init script, located in /etc/init.d/SCRIPT. The supported values of COMMAND depend on the
invoked script, service passes COMMAND and OPTIONS it to the init script unmodified. All scripts should support at least the start and
stop commands. As a special case, if COMMAND is --full-restart, the script is run twice, first with the stop command, then with the start
command.
service --status-all runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with the status command.
EXIT CODES
service calls the init script and returns the status returned by it.
FILES
/etc/init.d
The directory containing System V init scripts.
ENVIRONMENT
LANG, TERM
The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.
SEE ALSO
/etc/init.d/skeleton,
update-rc.d(8),
init(8),
invoke-rc.d(8).
Jan 2006 service(8)