On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 10:56:57PM +0100, Thomas Hood wrote: > > "/etc/init.d/foo start" should exit with a nonzero status if foo failed > to start. Unfortunately this status isn't conveyed to the user, as you > say.
That is not exactly true: See 9.4. Console messages from `init.d' scripts In particular the message end by a dot followed by a newline if and only if the script is successful. If you see something like ... $ /etc/init.d/foo start Starting foo daemon: foo $ ... the script failed. On the other hand, if you get $ /etc/init.d/foo start Starting foo daemon: foo. $ ... then the script run correctly. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
