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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "svc",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/svc/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-10T16:22:24Z",
    "synopsis": "svc [ -udopchaitkx ] services",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "svc - controls services monitored by supervise(8).\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "svc [ -udopchaitkx ] services\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "services consists of any number of arguments, each argument naming a directory used by super‐‐\nvise(8).\n\nsvc applies all the options to each service in turn.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-u",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-u"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-d",
                    "content": "it stops, do not restart it.\n",
                    "flag": "-d"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-o",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-o"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-p",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-p"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-c",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-c"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-h",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-h"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-a",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-a"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-i",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-i"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-t",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-t"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-k",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-k"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-x",
                    "content": "on a stable system, you're doing something wrong; supervise(8) is designed to run for‐\never.\n",
                    "flag": "-x"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "supervise(8), svok(8), svstat(8), svscanboot(8), svscan(8), readproctitle(8), fghack(8), pgr‐\nphack(8), multilog(8),  tai64n(8),  tai64nlocal(8),  setuidgid(8),  envuidgid(8),  envdir(8),\nsoftlimit(8), setlock(8)\n\nhttp://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html\n\n\n\nsvc(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "svc - controls services monitored by supervise(8).",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-u",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-d",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "it stops, do not restart it."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-o",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-p",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-c",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-a",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-i",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-t",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-k",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-x",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "on a stable system, you're doing something wrong; supervise(8) is designed to run for‐ ever."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "supervise",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/supervise/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "svok",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/svok/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "svstat",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/svstat/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "svscanboot",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/svscanboot/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "svscan",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/svscan/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "readproctitle",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/readproctitle/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "fghack",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fghack/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "phack",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/phack/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "multilog",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/multilog/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "tai64n",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tai64n/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "tai64nlocal",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tai64nlocal/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "setuidgid",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/setuidgid/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "envuidgid",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/envuidgid/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "envdir",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/envdir/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "softlimit",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/softlimit/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "setlock",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/setlock/8/json"
        }
    ]
}