On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 18:43, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Starting and stopping a service should be idempotent, i.e. further > attempts should silently succeed.
I don't agree with that, if that is what current policy says (but I don't think it does). If I start something that is already started, I want it to tell me - maybe I was starting the wrong thing; maybe I failed to stop it when I thought I had stoppped it. If something is already started, the script should say "xxx is already running". If it is already stopped, the script should say "xxx is not running". -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." Isaiah 55:7