initctl(8)

NAME
initctl - init daemon control tool

SYNOPSIS
initctl [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION
initctl allows a system administrator to communicate and interact with the finit(8) init daemon.

OPTIONS

-b, --batch
    Batch mode, no screen size probing

-v, --verbose
    Verbose output

-h, --help
    This help text

COMMANDS

debug
    Toggle Finit (daemon) debug

help
    This help text

version
    Show Finit version

list
    List all .conf in /etc/finit.d/

enable <CONF>
    Enable .conf in /etc/finit.d/available/

disable <CONF>
    Disable .conf in /etc/finit.d/[enabled/]

touch <CONF>
    Mark .conf in /etc/finit.d/ for reload

reload
    Reload *.conf in /etc/finit.d/ (activates changes)

cond show
    Show condition status

cond dump
    Dump all conditions and their status

log [NAME]
    Show ten last Finit, or NAME, messages from syslog

start <JOB|NAME>[:ID]
    Start service by job# or name, with optional ID

stop <JOB|NAME>[:ID]
    Stop/Pause a running service by job# or name

restart <JOB|NAME>[:ID]
    Restart (stop/start) service by job# or name

status <JOB|NAME>[:ID]
    Show service status, by job# or name

status | show
    Show status of services, default command

ps  List processes based on cgroups

runlevel [0-9]
    Show or set runlevel: 0 halt, 6 reboot

reboot
    Reboot system

halt
    Halt system

poweroff
    Halt and power off system

utmp show
    Raw dump of UTMP/WTMP db

SEE ALSO
/usr/share/doc/initctl/doc

AUTHOR
initctl is written by Claudio Matsuoka (cmatsuoka@gmail.com) and Joachim Nilsson (troglobit@gmail.com). This manual page was written by Yangfl (mmyangfl@gmail.com) for the Debian Project (and may be used by others).