On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 23:15 +0800, Nathan Huang wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 22:32 +0800, Nathan Huang wrote: > > > >> Hi guys > >> I face a problem, What 's the difference between these two commands? > >> > >> [mirandam@charon ~]$ su -c '/etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop' > >> > >> [mirandam@charon ~]$ |su -c '/sbin/service NetworkManager start > >> > > ---- > > assuming that the | character was a type and that you put a single quote > > at the end of the second statement, the difference would be that the > > first statement stops NetworkManager daemon and the second one starts > > it. > > > > /sbin/service $SOME_initscript_located_in_/etc/init.d/ and > > /etc/init.d/$SOME_initscript are essentially the same > > > > Craig > > > > > > > Hi Craig > we can stop NetworkManager from typing '/sbin/service NetworkManager > stop' Why we can also stop NetworkManger from /etc/init.d/NetworkManager > stop? What's the difference between these two places? > thanks > nathan ---- from 'man service' DESCRIPTION service runs a System V init script in as predictable environment as possible, removing most environment variables and with current working directory set to /. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines