osx man page for service

SERVICE(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						SERVICE(8)

NAME
     service

SYNOPSIS
     service service command
     service --list
     service --test-if-configured-on service
     service --test-if-available service

DESCRIPTION
     service is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Mac OS X.

     service is a simple utility to abstract the management of services provided by the system.  It can be used to start and stop services, as
     well as to determine the status of services.

OPTIONS
     service command
	     Attempt to execute a given command for a given service. Currently, the available commands are 'start' and 'stop'.

     --list  List all available services.

     --test-if-configured-on service
	     Exit with status 0 if the service is currently enabled. Otherwise, exit with status 1.

     --test-if-available service
	     Exit with status 0 if the service's daemon exists on your system. Otherwise, exit with status 1.

Darwin								 October 15, 2004							    Darwin