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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/shepherd.scm | 10 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
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. diff --git a/gnu/services/shepherd.scm b/gnu/services/shepherd.scm index 12d649f542..21baacbaf7 100644 --- a/gnu/services/shepherd.scm +++ b/gnu/services/shepherd.scm @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU -;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> +;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> ;;; Copyright © 2017 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org> ;;; Copyright © 2018 Carlo Zancanaro <carlo@zancanaro.id.au> ;;; @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ shepherd-service-provision shepherd-service-canonical-name shepherd-service-requirement + shepherd-service-one-shot? shepherd-service-respawn? shepherd-service-start shepherd-service-stop @@ -149,6 +150,8 @@ DEFAULT is given, use it as the service's default value." (provision shepherd-service-provision) ;list of symbols (requirement shepherd-service-requirement ;list of symbols (default '())) + (one-shot? shepherd-service-one-shot? ;Boolean + (default #f)) (respawn? shepherd-service-respawn? ;Boolean (default #t)) (start shepherd-service-start) ;g-expression (procedure) @@ -238,6 +241,11 @@ stored." #:docstring '#$(shepherd-service-documentation service) #:provides '#$(shepherd-service-provision service) #:requires '#$(shepherd-service-requirement service) + + ;; The 'one-shot?' slot is new in Shepherd 0.6.0. + ;; Older versions ignore it. + #:one-shot? '#$(shepherd-service-one-shot? service) + #:respawn? '#$(shepherd-service-respawn? service) #:start #$(shepherd-service-start service) #:stop #$(shepherd-service-stop service) |