>> 1. Why does /lib/init/upstart-job direct us to use service rather than >> initctl?
> Because /usr/sbin/service can handle the start/stop/restart/status > actions of both traditional System V init scripts in /etc/init.d as > well as Upstart scripts in /etc/init. > It's intended to be one-stop-shopping for managing services in either > /etc/init.d or /etc/init. Many thanks for the explanation. >> 999. Could initctl be made to recognize, for example, both >> avahi-daemon and avahi-daemon.conf? (If I am in /etc/init - it is rare >> but it happens - and type "stop av//tab//", I end up with "stop >> avahi-daemon.conf" which, after pressing //enter// results in an >> "unknown job" message.) > As answered above, that's service(8)'s job ;-) Perhaps that it is service's job, but it is also initctl's; and without, bash_completion, neither can distinguish between avahi-daemon and avahi-daemon.conf. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss