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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2019-04-23 14:48:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2019-04-23 16:38:11 +0200 |
| commit | 95ef8b85b16f19557ea07d0d0cbf856f85657368 (patch) | |
| tree | f45f2e796bb1ce3de3be064e6a4ae74631f89626 /doc | |
| parent | 9fb1ca080861c8418a1cc6710bf0dfef1ee77248 (diff) | |
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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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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 3ec1cf852a..955fd1f172 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -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. |