herd - manual page for herd 1.0.2

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       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
       permitted by law.

       herd  [OPTIONS...]  ACTION SERVICE [ARG...]  Apply ACTION (start, stop, status, etc.) on SERVICE with the
       ARGs.

       --group=GROUP
              run the given program as GROUP

       --user=USER
              run the given program as USER

       -E, --environment-variable=ENVIRONMENT
              pass the environment variable specified by ENVIRONMENT

       -d, --working-directory=DIRECTORY
              run service from DIRECTORY (for transient services)

       --log-file=FILE
              log service output to FILE

       -N, --service-name=NAME
              register new service under NAME

       -n, --log-history=NUMBER
              display up to NUMBER service log lines

       -s, --socket=FILE
              send commands to FILE

       --help display this help and exit

       --usage
              display short usage message and exit

       --version
              display version information and exit

       Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional to the corresponding short
       options.

       herd - manual page for herd 1.0.2

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       The full documentation for herd is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info  and  herd  programs  are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              infoshepherd

       should give you access to the complete manual.

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