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diff --git a/sbin/rc-help.sh b/sbin/rc-help.sh index 499af88..2a28859 100755 --- a/sbin/rc-help.sh +++ b/sbin/rc-help.sh @@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ ${CYAN}Options:${OFF} ${GREEN}pause${OFF} Same as 'stop', but the services that depends on it, will not be - stopped. + stopped. This is useful for stopping a network interface without + stopping all the network services that depend on 'net'. ${GREEN}zap${OFF} Reset a service that is currently stopped, but still marked as started, @@ -155,6 +156,23 @@ ${CYAN}Dependencies:${OFF} recommend using it with the 'need' or 'use' dependency type ... you have been warned! +${CYAN}'net' Dependency and 'net.*' Services:${OFF} + Example: + + depend() { + need net + } + + This is a special dependency of type 'need'. It represents a state where + a network interface or interfaces besides lo is up and active. Any service + starting with 'net.' will be treated as a part of the 'net' dependency, + if: + + 1. It is part of the 'boot' runlevel + 2. It is part of the current runlevel + + A few examples are the /etc/init.d/net.eth0 and /etc/init.d/net.lo services. + ${CYAN}Configuration files:${OFF} There are two files which will be sourced for possible configuration by the rc-scripts. They are (sourced from top to bottom): |