The "service" command and how does it work?

[Ronv42]

I never really thought about using the "service" command in the past since I used to just replace configuration files in Tomato and Merlin. But now I am using the modification scripts and I need to use the command more often to bring in my customizations.

Just being curious where does the "service" command look for it's service definitions? I am used to using inet.d and other startup components but I would like to know how this operates and generally is configured and works.

Thanks...

 

[RMerlin]

I never really thought about using the "service" command in the past since I used to just replace configuration files in Tomato and Merlin. But now I am using the modification scripts and I need to use the command more often to bring in my customizations.

Just being curious where does the "service" command look for it's service definitions? I am used to using inet.d and other startup components but I would like to know how this operates and generally is configured and works.

Thanks...

It's not going through a service definition list. It's directly signalling the main rc process.

There is no documented list because these are internal functions, therefore they can change between versions. The only way to get an up-to-date list is to dive through the source code.

https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/blob/master/release/src/router/rc/services.c#L4034

 

[sparky3387]

These are the ones I found:
restart_cstats
restart_dnsmasq
restart_dnsmasq_ipv6
restart_dualwan
restart_fanctrl
restart_fbwifi
restart_fbwifi_register
restart_iptrestore
restart_mdns
restart_nas_services
restart_rstats
restart_upnp
restart_wan_line
restart_wireless

 

[L&LD]

You responded to a 7-year-old thread!

 

[theirongiant]

Holy smokes. I was just asking about this over in another thread, completely unaware of this one's existence.