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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-23 14:48:56 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-23 16:38:11 +0200
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services: shepherd: Support one-shot services.
* gnu/services/shepherd.scm (<shepherd-service>)[one-shot?]: New field. (shepherd-service-file): Pass #:one-shot? to the <service> constructor. * doc/guix.texi (Shepherd Services): Document it.
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@@ -25124,6 +25124,12 @@ shepherd, The GNU Shepherd Manual}). @xref{Slots of services, the
@item @code{requirements} (default: @code{'()})
List of symbols denoting the Shepherd services this one depends on.
+@cindex one-shot services, for the Shepherd
+@item @code{one-shot?} (default: @code{#f})
+Whether this service is @dfn{one-shot}. One-shot services stop immediately
+after their @code{start} action has completed. @xref{Slots of services,,,
+shepherd, The GNU Shepherd Manual}, for more info.
+
@item @code{respawn?} (default: @code{#t})
Whether to restart the service when it stops, for instance when the
underlying process dies.