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-.Dd August 13, 2020
-.Dt SPAWN 8
-.Os
-.
-.Sh NAME
-.Nm spawn
-.Nd spawnd control
-.
-.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm
-.Op Fl c Ar control
-.Cm start|stop|restart|status Ns | Ns Ar signal
-.Ar service ...
-.
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The
-.Nm
-utility controls
-the services managed by the
-.Xr spawnd 8
-daemon.
-It does so by writing
-the remainder of its command line
-to a named pipe.
-.
-.Pp
-Communication with
-.Xr spawnd 8
-is unidirectional.
-The daemon logs any feedback
-with syslog.
-.
-.Pp
-The arguments are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Fl c Ar control
-Set the path of the named pipe.
-.
-.It Cm start
-Start any matching services
-which are not already started.
-.
-.It Cm stop
-Stop any matching services
-which are not already stopped.
-Processes are stopped using the
-.Dv TERM
-signal.
-.
-.It Cm restart
-Restart any matching services.
-Started services will first be stopped,
-then stopped services will be started.
-.
-.It Cm status
-Log the current status of any matching services.
-.
-.It Ar signal
-Send the named signal
-to the processes of any matching started services.
-.
-.It Ar service ...
-The list of services to operate on.
-Service names can include
-the shell-style pattern operators
-.Sy *?[] .
-Be sure to quote service name patterns
-so they are not interpreted by the shell.
-.El
-.
-.Sh ENVIRONMENT
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Ev SPAWND_PIPE
-The path of the named pipe.
-The
-.Fl c
-flag overrides this variable.
-.El
-.
-.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Pa /var/run/spawnd.pipe
-The default path of the named pipe.
-.El
-.
-.Sh EXAMPLES
-.Bd -literal
-spawn start pounce/freenode
-spawn status '*'
-spawn USR1 'pounce/*'
-.Ed
-.
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr spawnd 8
-.
-.Sh AUTHORS
-.An June Bug Aq Mt june@causal.agency