.Dd August 13, 2020
.Dt SPAWNTAB 5
.Os
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.Sh NAME
.Nm spawntab
.Nd spawnd services list
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
file lists the services managed by the
.Xr spawnd 8
daemon.
Leading whitespace is ignored.
Each line of the file
is one of the following:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm # Ar comment ...
Lines beinning with
.Ql #
and blank lines are ignored.
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.It Cm % Ar command ...
Lines beginning with
.Ql %
add shell commands
to be executed before
each of the service commands.
These commands are executed
in the order they appear in the file,
for all services.
These lines can be used to
set shell or environment variables
to be expanded in service command lines
or used by the service processes.
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.It Ar service Ar command ...
All other lines define services.
The service name is separated
from its command line by whitespace.
The rest of the line after the service name
is executed using the shell.
The shell variable
.Va $0
is set to the name of the service.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal
# Basic services:
calico	calico -H irc.example.org /var/run/calico
pounce/freenode	pounce /usr/local/etc/pounce/freenode.conf
pounce/tilde	pounce /usr/local/etc/pounce/tilde.conf

# Setting environment variables:
% export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin

# Using variables to expand service command lines:
% pounce=/usr/local/bin/pounce
% conf=/usr/local/etc/pounce
pounce/freenode	$pounce $conf/freenode.conf
pounce/tilde	$pounce $conf/tilde.conf
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr spawnd 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
.An June Bug Aq Mt june@causal.agency