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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