On 22/09/11 07:34, Tech Newbie wrote:
The intent is to create (or find) a generic service management call that will start/stop/getStatus for any given service. For example: startService(String serviceName), stopService(String serviceName)where serviceName maybe "Apache2", "JBoss", etc. The routines will programmatically start/stop the specified service, preferably via an API instead of exec'ing a shell script. That's why I was wondering if /sbin/service has a companion API. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Jeff Dyke <jeff.dyke@xxxxxxxxx> *To:* users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Tech Newbie <technb@xxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Monday, September 19, 2011 1:38 PM *Subject:* Re: Starting/Stopping Apache via an API On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Tech Newbie <technb@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:technb@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > I am aware of the way to start/stop Apache via apachectl, both locally and > remotely via SSH. > > Is there some generic unix API, perhaps related to /sbin/service, that I can > remotely programmatically start Apache without exec'ing apachectl directly? > I'm thinking since Apache is already configured in /etc/init.d, is there a > unix API that my program can interface with, that say something like: > // start Apache via some API > service.start("Apache"); > Without my program actually exec'ing apachectl directly? All apachectl is doing is wrapping around httpd, so you want a wrapper for the wrapper? What is the ultimate intent. There are different interfaces into services (/etc/init.d) on different versions of linux, Ubuntu is different on newer versions then it was on old ones (service apache2 start vs /etc/init.d/apache2 start), though they both work. Since i always compile apache2, i've found it easiest to allow work with apachectl directly, that way the same commands work regards of unix/linux variant. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Read the man page for anacron. It might do the trick. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx