Laurent Bercot said on Mon, 02 Aug 2021 19:39:47 +0000 >>I thought the way to do what the OP asked is: >> >>============================= >>#!/bin/sh >>s6-svc -u myrequirement || exit 1 >>exec mydaemon -myarg1 -myarg2 >>============================= > > This is not a good idea in a s6-rc installation, because it sends >raw s6 commands, which may mess with the service state as viewed by >s6-rc. Also, it sends control commands to a service from another >service's run script, which is bad form in general: it is >unintuitive that starting the mydaemon service also causes the >myrequirement service to be started. Dependencies should be handled at >the service manager level, not at the process supervision level.
Do you think this is any better? ============================= #!/bin/sh test_for_myrequirement || exit 1 exec mydaemon -myarg1 -myarg2 ============================= SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
